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On foot · Val d'Illiez · June 2026

Champéry, Roc Troué and Bonavau

Back in our cool mountains, one classic was a must: the Roc Troué loop via Bonavau and the Barmaz plateau.

Date
June 2026
Distance
13 km
Elevation gain
850 m
Alpine huts and cliffs

The route · indicative

The route

Green and free

Setting off from Grand Paradis, in the shade of a hollowed cliff where the path slips under the rock. Then forest, stone-roofed alpine huts, the suspension bridge above the waterfalls and the Bonavau valley below the Dents Blanches walls.

Alpenroses in bloom, orchids, orange lilies, cows posing in front of the Dents du Midi: perfect weather and that feeling of freedom only our mountains give.

Garden bouquet facing the Dents du Midi
Path under the hollowed cliff
Alpine huts and cliffs
Footbridge and valley
Suspension bridge
Waterfall in the rocks
Stream below a rock wall
Alpenroses below the cliffs
Meadow flowers
Path among alpenroses
Glaciers above the valley
Path towards the plateau
Cows before the Dents du Midi