Col Sereina · (ou Fenêtre de Sereina) Voie Normale NE depuis Mottes (Crévacol)

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From Aosta take the Grand-Saint-Bernard road until about 2kms beyond the service station at St Rhemy en Bosses. Take a turn off on the right to the Mottes ski area. Park the car at the foot of the chairlift. >##Route # circa 2.5h >Pass under the hairpin of the Grand-Saint-Bernard tunnel road and go in the direction of Le Ponty by the alpine road to reach Arp Bois 1940m. (It is possible to take a shortcut by going up to the left shortly having crossed the first bridge and then traversing diagonally upwards throught the larch forest to rejoin the road before the buildings.) Just before you reach the lower of the two groups of buildings go SW to the obvious cwm that leads to the col (or fenêtre) de Sereina. >*Variant 1*: circa 3.5h >N.B. To the right of the cwm is the NE face coming down from the crête de Sereina, (2744m). This gives several ascent/descent options, depending on snow conditions, which are best reached from the higher group of buildings. >*Variant 2*: >From the col de Sereina (2547m), you can reach the NW summit (2710m) by its S face (35° gully). This summit gives access to ski down a cwm steeper than that of the cwm leading to the col. >##Descent >By the ascent route. >At the beginning of the season the valley is fairly austere,(faces NE.) Higher up, through the larch trees, is more pleasant.

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A quota 2000 m. si perviene a un piccolo gruppo di baite (Alpe Bois, 2044m) e si prosegue sempre in direzione SW lungo la vallata. >A quota 2250 m. si intravede l'avvallamento del colle e per pendii piacevoli poco impegnativi lo si raggiunge. (totale 3 ore)>Discesa per l'itinerario di salita

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Esistono una strada e un sentiero fino a 2000m che possono essere utilizzati in salita e in discesa per chi ha attrezzi poco scorrevoli (snowboard)

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##Montée>Départ sous le pont de la première épingle de la route du Grand St Bernard. Prendre la direction de Ponty, suivre une route d'alpage dans la forêt, atteindre l'Arp du Bois 1940 m. Ensuite prendre une combe évidente orientée NE qui mène par une pente régulière au col de Sereina 2547 m.>##Descente>Par le même itinéraire.>###Variante>Possibilité de continuer à partir du col Sereina 2547 m, atteindre le premier sommet au NW 2710 m par son versant S (couloir de 35° environ) ce sommet donne accès à une combe offrant un ski sur une pente plus raide et moins fréquentée que la combe du col suivie à la montée.

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