Sport Itineraries: Avise

The itinerary starts from the square of Avise castle, that belonged to the Lords of Avise, one of the most important noble family in the Valdostan Middle Age. Follow the Cérellaz regional road until the fork for Le Cré hamlet, then cross the bridge over Mont Rosset creek. After passing Cré village, where you can see the remains of another medieval castle, follow the municipal road until the bridge over Gaboué torrent.
The trail runs on the left bank of the creek, goes up along some terraces and then goes into the woods until farmhouses in Mosse hamlet.
The path leads to a cultivated grassy plateau and finally, on gravel road, arrives at Saint-Nicolas.

When you get to Jovençan, in the municipality of Avise, continue along the private road until you reach a bend before Rovine, where route 10 starts on the right of the road, marked by a vertical signpost. Go up the valley amid alpine pastures and debris slopes, until you come to Alpe Sorace. From here, continue along the right branch with the same number, as far as Col de Flassin.

When you get to Jovençan, in the municipality of Avise, continue along the private road, and after Alpe Tronchey, you come to the start of route 30, which is shown on the vertical signpost. Go up the slope, amidst alpine pastures and the debris-covered slopes, until you come to the pasture of Méanaz and finally Col de Vertosan.

Coming from Saint-Nicolas, leave your car in the small parking on the right just before the Charbonnière’ s village.
Continue on the paved road that passes behind the houses and then, unpaved, goes up to the water basin (follow the indications of the “ru”). From here begins the path that runs along the “ru”, the irrigation channel that from Vedun’s area carries the water of the Vertosan creek to the cultivated fields of Avise’s hill.
After a first climbs, the path continues fairly flat, or with short slopes, and shortly after crosses the path of the “Cammineo Balteo” and follows it up to Vedun. The last stretch is taken on the municipal road that reaches the characteristic village.
The whole route is characterized by a magnificent panorama of the mountains of the central valley: Monte Emilius, Becca di Nona and Grivola.

The itinerary starts from Vedun, at the beginning of the Vertosan valley, where you can park your car. The path continues to the left, crosses the characteristic village, also passing under a house, and winds on a scot pine wood.
The trail goes on wide and slightly uphill for about half of the route until you reach a small promontory from where you have an exceptional view of Mont Blanc and Morgex and La Salle basin.
From here the narrowest track reaches the Montagnoulaz mountain pasture and ends in Charvaz.

From Vedun hamlet in Avise village, take the gravel road that winds in Vertosan valley.
Go past Clapey and Maisonnettes old hamlets, go nearer to the torrent until you can cross it on the right and then take the gravel road that arrives from Col de Joux. Continuing across high-altitude pastures you will reach Jovençan village.