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Northeast of the Lacs de Fenêtre, the 2757m Col du Bastillon takes walkers over a ridge descending from the Monts Telliers, where it’s then possible to traverse the upper slopes of the Combe de Drône to Col de Chevaux and the Col du Grand St Bernard. Yet another option for walkers is to strike north from the lakes, passing below the Monts Telliers and rising to a saddle, over which a way descends through the long funnel of the Combe de l’A to gain the village of Liddes in Val d’Entremont.

2:2 Val d’Entremont

With the Col du Grand St Bernard at its head, Val d’Entremont has seen a steady procession of travellers since the earliest times. It was known to the Celts and the Romans; emperors and armies marched through the valley, as did countless pilgrims on their way to Rome. In the 11th century a hospice was founded on the pass, and on gaining it in the winter of 1178, the English monk John de Bremble uttered the heartfelt prayer: ‘Lord restore me to my brethren that I may tell them that they shall not come to this place of torment.’