Valle d'Aosta
Gran San Bernardo - Ollomont

Ollomont in winter

Ollomont

Situated on a vast sunny plain, the village of Ollomont with its 16 hamlets has remained the last village in the valley without transit carriage-roads to other villages.

The Ollomont valley has been the favorite crossing route for the Swiss Wallis since the period of the Salassi.

It seems that the famous religious reformer Calvino crossed the mountain pass Fenetre Durand when he took refuge in Switzerland after the expulsion of the protestants in 1536 by the people of the Valle d'Aosta who chose to remain faithful to the catholic church. Luigi Einaudi, future President of the Italian Republic, crossed the same mountain pass in 1943 when he sought refuge in Switzerland to escape the nazi-fascist police.

Particularly interesting are the excursions to the bivouacs Savoie (2651 mt.) and Regondi (2560 mt.), to the Amianthe mountain hut, to the Fenetre Durand (2803 mt.), to the Mont Avril, to the Conca di By, to the seven Morion lakes, the Tour des Combins and the high mountain route n.1 "Alta Via n. 1".

Mountain-climbing: Grand Combin (4314 mt.), Mont Velan (3708 mt.) Tete de By ( 3588 mt.), Mont Gele' (3519 mt.), Tete Blanche (3413 mt.).

The Berio ski-lift with artificial snow, the "Ollomont 2000" cross-country skiing track with different circuits up to 10 kilometers (included a lit-up circuit of 3 kilometers), a rock-climbing gym in Vaud, a mountain-bike route (10 kilometers), ice-falls and heliski facilities.

Courtesy of the AIAT Gran San Bernardo

Fontina factory in Ollomont - Photo © tulla