Punta Fetita, from Morges

Introduction

The Punta Fetita is a peak better known to ski mountaineers than to hikers, but this does not mean that it should be regarded as a lesser destination. The culminating point of the watershed between the central valley and the Vertosan valley, it becomes very attractive due to the variety of environments traversed and the panorama is not insignificant.

Description

0h00' Leaving the car, you proceed along a small road that is paved in places, following the signs for Les Ors desot, signpost ; after a few hairpin bends, you enter the forest, reaching the cottages of Ponteilles (1741m, 0h15'). 

You continue on the track, immediately meeting a fork: continue straight ahead, ignoring the track to the right for Col de Bard, signpost , which you will follow on the return journey. The route pleasantly crosses the meadowy ridge with a long, almost level stretch that skirts a 'departure point' for paragliding flights. At a hairpin bend, we turn right and begin to climb a little, shortly afterwards entering a wood of splendid spruce trees. After a few short hairpin bends, you exit the forest and reach the small scattered hamlet of Hôpitaux (2000m, 1h15'). Continue along the track following a couple of hairpin bends and soon reach the alpine pasture of Ors desot (2100m, 1h30'). Go past the alpine pasture and follow a little track that heads towards a small scrub of larch trees and then continue between junipers and rhododendrons until you come to a marker: follow the signs for Col Fetita, marker (3), and go up a short stretch of pasture, in the sight of the [[Grande Rochère]] and the [[Aiguille de Bonalex]], until you join the track again. The road initially heads towards the pass and then, turning to the left, reaches the beautiful alpine pasture complex of Tramail des Ors (2390m, 2h30'). Just before the alpine pasture starts the path to the pass, which proceeds diagonally to the right in the first section. The path crosses a small stream and leads towards the crest of the pass; the last stretch is climbed, with a few bends, and another marker is reached: continue for a short distance until reaching Col Fetita (2,557m, 2h 45').
Return briefly to the marker and take the path to the left that cuts across the rocky ridge halfway up the mountainside; cross a short passage that is not easy and slightly exposed and reach a small crest. Continue along the ridge at first with a few uncomfortable passages and then increasingly broader and easier until you reach the cairn that marks the summit of Pointe Fetita (2623 m, 3h00').
The descent can be made along the outward route (2h00') or you can descend the south-east "ridge" to the Col de Bard and from the col descend along the beautiful path to Arpilles: from here continue along the track until you reach the little road you took on the outward journey, turn left and retrace your steps back to the starting point (2h00').