Trient Gorges

A powerful example of the phenomenon of erosion, it forms a several-hundred-metre deep incision at the bottom of which the glacial torrent flows. The spectacular fault is crossed by two of the highest bridges in Europe, which tower 200m over the gorges. 
 

Practical information

• Admission fee (ticket office at the Les Ateliers Faustine shop)
• The Trient Gorges keep the right to close in the case of bad weather conditions.
• Dogs accepted
• The walk presents no difficulty whatsoever. Visitors must return to the entrance to the gorge; there are no footpaths that continue into the Trient valley
• The entrance to the Trient Gorge is at Vernayaz, very near the railway station where the Mont-Blanc Express stops. 
• To learn more during your visit, listen to the free audio guides available online. (Only in French)

To go further

The site of the Gorges du Trient, flanked by rock faces, envelops visitors with a vibrant energy. A dreamlike dimension unfolds from this eroded relief, inviting you to take a contemplative stride along the rocky walkways. Nestled at the very edge of this rift, the raw power of an authentic character gains ground as the eye acclimatizes to the changing luminosity of the reduced sky.
Connecting the space between the walls two hundred meters above our heads, the two highest bridges in Europe echo man's ingenuity, and bear witness to the evolution of communication routes. The striations on the stone, the lapping orchestrating the atmosphere, the air playing between the rocky flanks, stimulate the senses by invoking the past. A millennia-old incision carved several meters high by glacial erosion, the gorges tell the story of their history as they flow through the valley: the changing reflections of an agile torrent retrospectively mirror the beginnings of a burgeoning tourist industry, carrying the advent of railroad construction in the mid-19th century.

In this effervescent era, the first galleries sealed in the rock welcomed guided tours, whose walkers would soon stay in the hotels that flourished in a valley opening up to tourism. A unique microcosm of this development, the Gorges du Trient fires the imagination of the poet, while titillating the curiosity and awe of the hiker, establishing itself from the outset as a place of predilection nourishing the inspiration of many personalities. Undeniably strange and marvellous, the Gorges are still the perfect place for meditation.