We arrived early at Cretaz, or rather at Capoluogo, which together with Cretaz and other tiny villages form Valtourence, it is more or less one place. We waited for the tourist information to open and had a drink at the bar. I normally would have continued the walk to rifugio Barmasse (another 700m climb) but decided to stop at Capoluogo and spend some more time with Maurizio. He had to go back home the next day and pick up his car at Verres near Champoluc.