The High Way n.1, called THE GIANTS HIGH WAY, is a hiking trail with an incomparable scenery: it develops at the foot of the highest massifs of Europe, such as Monte Rosa, Matterhorn and Mont Blanc. This itinerary offers, alongside the superb examples of natural architecture in the Alps, incomparable examples of rural architecture, closely linked to the pastures life.
It goes along the left bank of the Dora Baltea river, The High Way n.1 is viable by anyone since it follows well-marked and fully signaled footpaths. It develops in 17 daily stages, from Donnas to Courmayeur (requiring on average of 3/5 hour walk each) providing hikers resting stops and dining options for every need.
The high natural value of these environments and the high and famous mountains, full of history and companies, which act as a superb setting, offer a picture of the past that the hiker will simply have to admire and appreciate.
11th STAGE: Cuney Refuge - Oyace (14 km)
From Cuney Refuge (2,652 m.) you descend briefly through some bumps, on the right and along a rocky belt that leads to a plateau: going up on the right you reach Col Chaleby. From here the trail descends the steep grassy slope to a plain, where there are the remains of a hut, then you climb steeply and reach Rosaire Clermont bivouac and then Col Vessona (2,793 m.).
From here a long downhill stretch starts. The first part is steep and leads, keeping to the right under a modest rocky buttress, the mountain pastures of Arp Damon. You go further to the right in a rocky valley, at the end of which you run through a coniferous forest until you reach the grassy plain of the Arp Vieille mountain pasture. From the pasture, the trail crosses the plain, goes back in the woods and descends down to a clearing. Passed the Betenda bridge over the Buthier creek, the trail climbs through the woods and reaches Alpe Betendaz, continuing to the junction for the Tour of Oyace (Tornalla), then descends near the town of Oyace, where, since summer 2015, you can stay overnight in a dortoir.
City of departure: Nus
Departure: Rifugio Cuney
City of arrival: Oyace
Arrival: Oyace
Length (Km): 14
Difficulty: hiking
Discipline: Hike
Type of Itinerary: Half Day
Difference in height (m): 498
Difference in downhill (m): 1697
Highest point (m): 2793
Lowest point (m): 1354
Duration (h.): 5
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