크로도‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪20‬개의 천연기념물

발 포르마차(Val Formazza)의 인공 호수, 해발 2200m

A few minutes from the Maria Luisa refuge...not to be missed, on a road suitable for vehicles

A Bit of Relaxation🌈on Lake Toggia🏞️

Lake Toggia (or Lake Toggia) is located in Val Formazza (VB) upstream of Riale, the northernmost hamlet of Piedmont. Its dam, built in the years 1929-32 on the Roni Torrent, is 199 meters long and 44 meters high. A dirt road runs along the western shore and then continues towards the San Giacomo Pass which marks the border with Switzerland. The closest support point is the Rifugio Maria Luisa

There is a feeling of abrupt detachment when we enter what seems to be the mysterious door to the very heart of the mountain: almost suddenly we pass from a gentle, sunny and verdant landscape to a space of shadow where rare rays of sun struggle to penetrate, grazing the walls like blades of light, we pass from the heat to the cool-humid where only mosses and lichens manage to thrive and develop. We walk easily on the flat and dry bottom, created by the deposits of the streams, large irregularly rounded cavities alternate with narrow passages and above our heads dizzying walls seem at times to almost join together leaving only narrow openings towards the sky. Some metal ladders make the climb easier.

In Maiesso (535 m) you can admire, along the course of the Toce river, the so-called 'giants' potholes': the rocky banks hit by the swirling subglacial current, have been sculpted as if they were soft clay, giving rise to semicircular, sinuous, smooth and enveloping shapes, splendid inlets where the current relaxes and the torrent widens into sparkling pools of water that invite you to take a dive and a 'vivifying' immersion. Here you can also observe the "zero unit", the oldest formation in our Alps that emerges only here in the Antigorio valley.

Idyllic and quiet location, great area

A beautiful lake, I was lucky enough to photograph it with the snow-capped mountains.