Valtournenche

From Chaptillon there is a rewarding drive (27km/17mi north) up the Valtournenche, through which the River Matmoire (in Italian Marmore) flows down from the Matterhorn. The road runs through Antey St André (7km/4mi; 1,074m/3,544ft), beyond which the Matterhorn comes into sight, and Buisson (4km/2.5mi; 1,128m/3,722ft; cableway east to the Chamois, 1,815m/5,997ft: from there a chair-lift to Lago di Lod; 2,015m/6,650ft) and comes to Valtournenche (7km/4mi; 1,528m/5,042ft), which is popular both with summer visitors and winter sports enthusiasts (chair-lift east to the Alpe Chanlève; 1,850m/6,105ft; cableway to Monte Molar, 2,484m/8,197ft-2,244m/7,405ft).