Strada per Daillon - Alpe Ponteille (ru de Menouve)

This itinerary follows the Ru de Menouve, one of Aosta Valley's historic irrigation channels cut along the slopes to carry mountain water down to the fields. It begins on the road to Daillon, a hamlet of Allein, at 1434 metres: the route climbs first on tarmac, then on a dirt track, passing the localities of Maurier, Comba and Berruard. From here the walk becomes long and gentle, eight kilometres and just under four hundred metres of ascent, following the thread of the ru along the hillside. It is the classic mountain-aqueduct path: minimal gradients, an environment of larch woods and alpine pastures typical of this belt, with wide views over the Great St Bernard valley. The trail leads to the lower Alpe Ponteille, at 1830 metres, on the edge of the Menouve valley, at the boundary with the municipality of Etroubles. Graded E, but with modest effort: a route suitable for everyone, where physical exertion gives way to reading the traditional farming and hydraulic landscape.