Gressoney Blue Lake, from Staffal

Description

Signposts: TMR (7b) and path 6a Ascent to the Blue Lake of Gressoney, less famous than the two ononymous lakes in the Ayas and Valturnanche valleys, but equally beautiful, due to its panoramic position at the foot of the Vincent Pyramid and over the Gressoney valley. Once in Stafal, take the path that starts alongside the bar along the road (signposted TMR for Lake Gabiet). The path bends to the right and soon reaches a dirt road; follow it until you leave it to climb up along a meadow. Following the path, which is always clearly visible, you soon return to the dirt road and abandon it shortly afterwards. The path climbs at a moderate gradient, following the Stafal-Lake Gabiet cable car, until it reaches the base of the rock face. Here, with a series of ups and downs, it reaches the top of the rock face itself, and shortly afterwards it leads onto a dirt road coming from the arrival station of the cable car. Immediately you come to a fork in the road, turn left and follow the road until you take the path (unnumbered signposts) that follows the course of the stream. At a plateau, the path veers to the left, gaining height with a series of switchbacks. When the slope decreases, you pass two small pools, then with a final climb you reach the Blue Lake.