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Paradise lily on the route to TzaPhoto: Wolfgang Drexler, Alpenverein Gebirgsverein
A long and lonely summit circular route high above Courmayeur, offering a spectacular panorama.
The hamlet of Elevaz, the starting point of this route, is surrounded like its neighbor Torrent by steep pastures and mountain forests. Above lies an alpine pasture area, which is reached at the stone huts of Peson. From Mayen de la Youlaz to the Plan Praz pasture, the route leads over a long traverse, like a balcony high above the valley of the Torrente Rutor and its main town La Thuile, through blooming alpine meadows and light larch groves. The subsequent ascent is steep but runs through beautifully arranged serpentine paths over grassy areas up to the sub-summit of Mont Crammont, where a massive rockfall seems to threaten northeastwards. The summit itself, however, is not affected by this and offers an exceptional panoramic view.
On the descent via Chanton and Torrent back to Elevaz, the same altitude levels are crossed as on the ascent, but in reverse order.
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Track types
Safety information
This route does not generally present particular safety risks, but the area of the threatened rockfall at the sub-summit must not be entered under any circumstances.
Tips and suggestions
Rutor WaterfallsRoadbook
From the parking lot, you cross the hamlet of Elevaz and stay as high as possible to reach the access road on the other side, where a yellow arrow immediately points uphill to "Tza". You follow a beautiful old path in zigzags through a light larch forest uphill and reach the hamlet "Tza" after about 1.5 hours, where a forest road leads left into the woods to a fork and there turns right uphill to the huts of Peson. After several long bends, the path becomes flat and even goes briefly downhill before reaching the Mayen de la Youlaz pasture. Here you walk a bit further into the wide valley to a fork, where a yellow arrow points right and faint trails lead up to a grass saddle. Then follows a long traverse through grassy slopes around a mountain ridge, which offers a wonderful view like a balcony. Finally, you reach another trough-shaped valley with the Plan Praz pasture. Here you stay at the upper edge of the cirque and cross at constant height to the opposite side, where distinct paths lead uphill. There it soon goes steeply uphill again in wide bends and subsequently in a long traverse with occasional additional bends up to the southeast ridge of Mont Crammont, where a path then leads steeply but in evenly arranged bends up to the sub-summit and from there flat further up to the main summit.
For the descent from Mont Crammont, follow its southeast ridge back down, past the turnoff to Plan Praz, to the tree line. There the path turns sharply right and goes into the slope. You reach a forest road and follow it to the left over two bends until a footpath branches off to the left, which is marked and leads down to the hamlet Chanton. There you cross the forest road and follow a yellow marking arrow at the entrance to a private hut to just before the building, where on the left quite inconspicuously a hiking trail branches off (yellow arrow on a stone). This old footpath crosses a forest road several times downhill, always following yellow arrow markings. At a fork, keep right ("Elevaz"), reach the hamlet Torrent and from there return on the forest road to the starting point.
Public transport
No direct connection
Directions
Motorway exit Morgex and on the Strada statale 26 to Pré-Saint-Didier, there turnoff towards La Thuile. Above the switchbacks follow a total of four avalanche galleries: after the fourth gallery, the narrow access road to Elevaz and Torrent branches off at a sharp right angle, at the following road junction turn left to the parking lot of Elevaz.
Parking
Public parking lot at the eastern entrance of Elevaz
Coordinates
Equipment
Hiking equipment.
Every backpack should include: rain, cold, and sun protection, a first aid kit, sufficient fluids, and a hiking map of the region.
Localization
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
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