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One of Italy's most ambitious energy engineering projects, yet never fully exploited: landslides similar to those of Vajont were detected right from the initial tests, and the capacity was limited from the planned 70 million cubic meters to just 2 million (which is why the village of Fornet, re-emerged from the lake's waters, is still visible). Due to the dam's failure to utilize its full capacity, it was lowered by 52 meters between 2011 and 2015.

A small village located at the start of the Valgrisenche climb; interesting fact: this is the birthplace of Maurice Garin, winner of the first Tour de France.

Very irregular and decidedly challenging climb, especially in the initial kilometres which have steep gradients and, for over a kilometre, greater than 10%.

View of the Alpine giant

After crossing the bridge over the Dora Baltea, State Road 26 now winds along a straight stretch with almost zero gradients, the perfect place to look up and enjoy the view of the highest mountain in Europe.

A typical Aosta Valley village nestled in the mountains, a crossroads for Colle San Carlo, the Piccolo San Bernardo, and Pré-Saint-Didier. A little trivia: it was here that, at the end of the Second World War, a partisan brigade and a small republican brigade, putting aside all hatred, jointly opposed De Gaulle's attempt to annex the Aosta Valley to France.

Seen only from the outside, very very beautiful!

Once you drive past Runaz you can have stunning views on the peak and the glaciers, showing 4000 vertical meters of the massif. Impressive how it stands out in the valley!!