Val Veny landscape from Col des Charmonts. Click on the picture for enlarged version
The field trip will be done in Valle d’Aosta (Val Veny, M. Bianco), and will represent an excursus of the history of CGI.
FIELD TRIP PROGRAMME
Organizers: Philip Deline, Marco Giardino, Gianni Mortara, Luigi Perotti, Carlo Baroni
Day 1: Saturday 20th September 2014
- 15:00 – Minibus departure from the Rectorate of the Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Giuseppe Verdi 8, Turin
- 17:00 – Arrival in Courmayeur, Val Veny
- Stop 1 – BRENVA GLACIER (∼ 1600 m): the glacier retreat, the lateral moraine, the Brenva rock avalanches
- 18:30 – Arrival at Rifugio Monte Bianco (CAI-UGET)
- 19:30 – Aperitif and dinner
Day 2: Sunday 21th September 2014 (Walking ascent of the day: 500 m)
- 7:00 – Breakfast
- 7:30 – Access by minibus to Pre de Pascal (1960 m a.s.l.) then change to 4WD vehicles up to
Maison Vieille (1952 m) - 8:00 – Walking along the “Sentiero Balcone” path along the opposite valley side of Mont Blanc massif
- Stop 2 – ON THE PATH AFTER LAKE CHECRUIT (2260 m): landforms and slope instability of the Mont Blanc Massif
- Stop 3 – COL DE CHARMONTS (2442 m) – Miage Valley and Morainic Amphitheatre
- 11:00 – Walking down to the Combal Plain (1972 m)
- 12:00 – Ascent to Miage Lake (2015 m) and lunch
- Stop 4 – 13:00 MIAGE LAKE (2015 m)
- Ascent to the moraine crest (2105 m). Altitude gap: 133 m, estimated time: 30 min
- Stop 5 – 14:00 MIAGE MORAINE AMPHITHEATER (2010 m)
- 15:00 – Descent along the road bordering Miage right lateral moraine
- Stop 6 – 15:30 ASCENT TO LAGO VERDE
- 17:00 – Return to Turin (extimated time arrival 19:00)
CLICK HERE to get the “.kmz” file to see the field trip stops on Google Earth
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