Distance: 8.53 miles (13.72km) Ascent: 2,534 feet (772m) Descent: 2,704 feet (824m) Highest elevation: 8,234 feet (2,509m) Leaving France behind, crossing the border into Italy and peach pie. This is pretty much all I remember. OK. Not quite. I’m writing this five days later, which makes it easier to block out the tough bits, and remember just the good parts, which usually is how it happens.  In reality this was one of our easier days. The beginning and end felt like we were cheating as there were bus rides involved. The first was necessitated by a change in the refuge normally used by our travel operator (which as a result…