
Challenge
Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy
Stage 5 soars from Courmayeur’s lanes into airy larch forest, gaining the Mont de la Saxe balcony where the entire Italian face of Mont Blanc dominates. Contouring high above Val Ferret, the path reaches modern yet cosy Rifugio Bonatti, named for Italy’s legendary alpinist and famed for sunset terrasse panoramas.
Distance
12 km
Elevation
1222 meters