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The ruined walls on the top of Mont Fortin, with the glaciers of the Mont Blanc massif beyond.
Photo Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.

Val Veny

Mont Fortin

A quiet summit that gives the whole Italian face of Mont Blanc in one turn of the head.

Hard

Distance
12.5 km
Ascent
1,120 m
High point
2,755 m
Walking, not counting the bus
4.5 to 5.5 h

Where it is

A drawn map of the Courmayeur valleys, not to scale. Courmayeur is in the middle, with the massif along the top. Line 924, Val Ferret to Arnouva; Line 931, Val Veny to La Visaille; Skyway Monte Bianco to Punta Helbronner. This walk runs between la-visaille and la-visaille.Mont BlancVal FerretVal VenySkywayBertoneBonattiElenaElisabettaCombalCourmayeurLavacheyArnouvaNotre-DameLa VisailleEntrevesPavillonHelbronnerDrawn, not to scale

Reading your answers

How high

2,755 mhigh point
1,968 mCabane du Combal
1,659 mLa Visaille

The top stands 1,096 m above La Visaille. Total ascent is higher, because the path rises and falls on the way.

Before you go

Where to stand

  • La Visaille · 1,659 mA bench and the timetable on a post. No shelter from the weather.

What to carry. Boots, poles for the descent, food for the whole day, and a shell. Snow lies in the high cols into July.

If it goes wrong

112One number for mountain rescue, an ambulance, or the fire service. It is free, it works from a phone with no card and no credit, and it can put a translator on the line.

Worth reading before you leave. Soccorso Alpino Valdostano · The regional forecast · Wind and temperature up high

Worth knowing

The same panorama as the balcony path with a fraction of the traffic, paid for in ascent. The scree wants dry ground, so it is a July to September walk.