recommended route
Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard
Back-country skiing
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Photo: Pays du St-Bernard
easy
Distance 4.8 km
1:45 h
539 m
8 m
2,471 m
1,932 m
Author’s recommendation
Be accompanied by a certified mountain guide. Find their contact details by clicking here.
Author
Pays du St-Bernard
Update: November 21, 2022
Difficulty
easy
Technique
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Experience
Landscape
Highest point
2,471 m
Lowest point
1,932 m
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These routes are neither marked nor secure. Anyone using ski touring routes is solely responsible for their own actions. Le Pays du St-Bernard declines all responsibility in the event of an accident and gives no guarantee as to the topicality, accuracy or completeness of the information provided.Click here to read the avalanche bulletin!
Start
Bourg-Saint-Bernard car park (1,931 m)
Coordinates:
SwissGrid
2'581'150E 1'083'121N
DD
45.899430, 7.195790
DMS
45°53'57.9"N 7°11'44.8"E
UTM
32T 360043 5084456
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Destination
Bourg-Saint-Bernard car park
Turn-by-turn directions
Start first on the summer road, in front of the first and then the second chimney of the tunnel. Then continue into the Combe des Morts slightly to the right. Do not turn left into the Combe de Barasson or continue on the road to the right. The hospice and the pass are at the top of this Combe.
Note
all notes on protected areas
Public transport
Public-transport-friendly
Take the train to Orsières and then the bus to Bourg-St-Bernard.Consult timetables on www.cff.ch
Getting there
Exit the motorway at Martigny.Follow the direction Grand-Saint-Bernard and leave the covered road just before the tunnel.
Parking
Free parking in Bourg-Saint-BernardCoordinates
SwissGrid
2'581'150E 1'083'121N
DD
45.899430, 7.195790
DMS
45°53'57.9"N 7°11'44.8"E
UTM
32T 360043 5084456
w3w
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Arrival by train, car, foot or bike
Book recommendation by the author
Topographic map 1:25'000 Pays du St-Bernard
Author’s map recommendations
Topographic map 1:25'000 Pays du St-Bernard
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Difficulty
easy
Distance
4.8 km
Duration
1:45 h
Ascent
539 m
Descent
8 m
Highest point
2,471 m
Lowest point
1,932 m
Morning
Afternoon
Avalanche conditions
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Ascent
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Descent
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Highest point
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Lowest point
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