ViaFrancigena, Stage 7/10

Regional route No. 70, Stage 7: St-Maurice – Martigny

Description

Regional route: No. 70 ((Canterbury)–Ballaigues – Col du Gd St-Bernard–(Rom))
Length: 16 km
Ascent • Descent: ↑ 300 m • ↓ 240 m
Lowest point • Highest point: 417 m • 531 m
Hiking time: 4 h 10 min
Grade: easy
Fitness level: medium

Regional route No. 70: ViaFrancigena: Stages; 1. Ballaigues – Orbe; 2. Orbe – Cossonay; 3. Cossonay – Lausanne; 4. Lausanne – Vevey; 5. Vevey – Aigle; 6. Aigle – St-Maurice; 7. St-Maurice – Martigny; 8. Martigny – Orsières; 9. Orsières – Bourg-St-Pierre; 10. Bourg-St-Pierre – Col du Gd St-Bernard

Just after St. Maurice you reach Vérolliez, where a small chapel commemorates the martyrdom of Saint Maurice and his companions. On the way to the Rhone Valley, you come across the famous Pissevache waterfall and the 200 metre-deep Trient Gorge.

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