In a glimpse:
- Start: La Breya, cable car from Champex
- Duration of climb: 2 hours to Orny, 3 hours to Trient
- Difficulty: T2 - Mountain Hikes (pour Orny), T3 - Challenging Mountain Hikes (for Trient)
- Last done: July 2003
- Bibliographic references: 1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 21, 31, 35, 48, 55
- Local weather forecast: Grand St-Bernard, #0900-57306x 292
- KMZ for Google Earth
- Profile:
Links:
Notes on Cabane Orny and the quality of its welcome, Guide des refuges de haute et moyenne montagne by Markus Jaton.- Notes on Cabane Trient and the quality of its welcome, Guide des refuges de haute et moyenne montagne by Markus Jaton.
- An illustrated climb of Aiguille du Tour, available on the site panapic.com. Orny and Trient are on the way to this mountain.
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More details about the Orny cabin. From the Grand-Saint-Bernard region website. - More details about the Trient cabin. From the Grand-Saint-Bernard region website.
- Site Opération Glaciers by the University of Fribourg. A page of this study analyzes the effect of global warming on the Portalet.
- The exact same tour, described on Christian Engl's website. With pictures and comments.
- Hike report on Hikr.org.
Cabane d'Orny, Cabane du Trient
The detailed report of this hike has not yet been translated. Here you can find some information and all the pictures. The full text is available in the french pages.
