Mont Néry

From the car park near the school at the upper end of Issime (about 960 m), cross the valley road into the hamlet of Cugna and take mule track no. 2 into the narrow Stolen valley, past the oratory of Zam Chröizji (1,145 m), Ronc (1,304 m) and the Muna alp (1,950 m), then by yellow marks up the crest to a large cross at Piany (2,120 m). At about 2,340 m leave path 2 (which continues to the Colle di Chasten) and bear right to the Bivacco Cravetto at the Chlekch alp (2,422 m), with a fountain. The signposts give 4½ hours, which Gulliver considers generous. Above the bivouac there is no marked path. Either cross the notch at 2,609 m north of the Colle di Chasten and traverse on the Ayas side, or continue right of the bivouac along the water pipe, skirt a big boulder field above, and slant right on faint traces to a small rock wall. Its key move, a smooth tilted slab, has had a fixed rope since 2020; steep grassy terraces (slippery in descent) lead to a saddle at about 2,700 m at the foot of the south-west slope. Climb the steep, sparsely cairned slope, keeping to its right edge, to the start of the ridge at whitish blocks (about 2,850 m). A long series of ledges and terraces a few metres below the crest on the south side, many with fixed ropes, leads to a notch below the reddish fore-summit; there are a couple of grade II moves and a slightly exposed, tilted slab near the end, where a harness and lanyard reassure the less confident. Cross the fore-summit and follow the crest or the loose south-side terraces to the big summit cairn. Descend the same way.