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The Val di Rhêmes is a mountain valley in the northern Italian region of Valle d'Aosta. The valley, which was carved out by the river Dora di Rhêmes, opens up at Arvier in the central Aosta Valley. Here the Dora di Rhêmes flows into the Dora Baltea. There are two small municipalities in the valley: Rhêmes-Notre-Dame (112 inhabitants) and Rhêmes-Saint-Georges (195 inhabitants). The eastern part of the valley belongs to the Gran Paradiso National Park. At the end of the valley lies the striking peak of the Granta Parei with the vast Goletta Glacier.

A rushing mountain stream makes its way through the rocks through flowering meadows. While the peak across the valley is called that, you really feel like you're in paradise here. That's the only way it can look.

While you wait for a clear night sky in Saint-Barthélemy (we can't forget that this is the location of the Regional Astronomical Observatory), don't miss the chance for a ski "trial lesson" on the surrounding slopes. Sunscreen and sunglasses should not be forgotten, because the 30 km long resort has no less than 250 days of sunshine per year. The cross-country trails cross the snow-covered meadows of Lignan, reaching an altitude of 1,700 meters at their highest point and the village of Champcombre, where the tracks begin at 1800 meters. There is a huge panorama to see: the Val Clavalité, the great valley of Saint Marcel and Mont Emilius in the south; the gorge of the Saint Barthélemy valley in the north. The slope at Lignan, starting from the town square, directly above the church, extends over a circuit of 3.5 km and in two circuits of 2 km, with easy to medium difficulty. The slopes of Champcombre start in the small hamlet of Porliod and extend to the upper valley of Saint Barthélemy, following the extensive semicircular morphology, until Ollière, at an altitude of 2000 meters. The slopes in Champcombre follow a linear route, on the sides of which there are three circuits: each of the routes can still be followed, from one to the other via dedicated transfer tracks. The direct route is of easy to medium difficulty and is located far from roads and inhabited centers, in a beautiful natural environment. Source: https://www.lovevda.it/en/sport/cross-country-skiing/saint-barthelemy

Stunning, the route a little steep but not difficult

Beautiful, watch out for those with vertigo

Great place, close to the car park

Pontboset is made up of many small villages scattered along the middle Champorcher valley. The village is crossed by the impetuous Ayasse torrent which, over the millennia, has dug deep and wild gorges, creating very suggestive views. The confluence with two other lateral streams, the Brenve and the Manda, made it necessary to build numerous bridges, which gave the locality its name and which distinguish its territory in a peculiar way.

This bridge over the Dora di Verney mountain stream is definitely worth seeing and a photo highlight. Here you look into the gorge of the "Orrido" and high up you can see the viewing platform that protrudes into the gorge. Unfortunately, I do not know the historical background of this bridge and the building. It is an old round arch bridge, like those built in Roman times. In the immediate vicinity of the bridge there is an abandoned stone house built into the rock face.