Via Francigena Bourg-St-Pierre - Grand-St-Bernard

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Tour data

11.55km

1,594 - 2,461m

Distance

904hm

104hm

Ascent

04:15h

Duration

Pays du St-Bernard

Brief description: Last stage of the Via Francigena in Switzerland
Difficulty: difficult
Rating: Technique

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Experience
Starting point: Centre of the village of Bourg-St-Pierre
Route: Bourg-Saint-Pierre (1,632 m)village

Eglise Saint-Pierre place of worship
0.0 km

Le Tronchet locality
10.3 km

Combe des Morts locality
10.7 km

Hôtel de l'Hospice restaurant
11.5 km

Great St Bernard Hospice alpine hut
11.5 km
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Description: Walking this stage of the Via Francigena is perhaps the most symbolic section of the entire itinerary to reach the Great St. Bernard Hospice at 2470 metres, the highest point between Canterbury and Rome.
Directions: Go through the village on the old road, then leave it on the right to go down to the Dranse river which you have to cross. Continue on the road that leads to the top of the wall of the Toules dam.

Go along the dam to almost reach the road that goes up to the pass. Go through the alpine pasture of La Pierre and then l'Hospitalet, cross the road and continue to arrive near the second chimney of the tunnel. Continue through the Combe des Morts to reach the Col du Grand-St-Bernard.
Highest point: 2,461 m
Endpoint: Hospice of the Grand-Saint-Bernard
Height profile: © outdooractive.com
Tips: Don't miss a visit to the treasury and the hospice church, the museum and the kennel with its famous St. Bernard dogs!
Directions: Exit the motorway at Martigny.
Follow the direction Grand-Saint-Bernard to Bourg-St-Pierre.
Public transportation: Take the train to Orsières and then the bus to Grand-St-Bernard.
Consult timetables on www.cff.ch.
Parking: Free parking in front of the community house