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Col du Fourchon · Versant S, vallée du Grand St Bernard

Elevation profile

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1,6872,1932,6990 km6.7 kmm
Distance
6.7 km
Ascent
1,000 m
Descent from source
1,000 m

Ski tour · Aosta. The published line is 6.7 km long.

Map layers
Highest point
≈ 2,699 m
Source difficulty2.2 Camptocamp ski_rating
Season from source
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Route variant from sourceVersant S, vallée du Grand St Bernard
Lowest elevation from source1,760 m
Highest elevation from source2,731 m

Source summary

Source directions

##Montée>De St-Rhémy, suivre un chemin dans la forêt en direction NW, passer près du chalet d'alpage (1721 m) puis sous la route et le tunnel du Grand St-Bernard. >Continuer par la route du col enneigée jusqu'au virage 1961 m puis monter à travers pente en direction de l'alpage de Praz de Farcoz. De cet alpage remonter la large combe SE évidente en direction du col du Fourchon en fond de vallon.>Les 100 derniers mètres se raidissent progressivement, jusqu'à 35/40° sous le col.>Il est possible aussi d'atteindre l'épaule légèrement plus haute (2731 m) à droite du col. Cette épaule est plus facile d'accès et offre une pente plus large au départ.>##Descente>Par le même itinéraire.

Source safety information

- À noter que le départ peut s'effectuer depuis l'Hospice du Grand St Bernard. >- Le passage du col pour basculer versant N est relativement facile.

The map shows the published line. Provider ascent and descent retain their original meaning; estimates along the line are marked ≈. An additional return route is not automatically included in the line. Elevation profile estimated from Copernicus DEM. Provider statistics may differ.

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Source & data

Camptocamp · Christian · https://www.camptocamp.org/routes/1387542 · Coordinates reprojected; DEM elevation estimates · ODbL 1.0 + CC BY-SA 3.0 FR

Camptocamp · 2022-01-31T18:00:45.459568+00:00

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Tour-ID: c2c:route/1387542 · Revision: a383aa858bd6