Nature
Located in a landscape of rare beauty in the sight of Europe's highest mountains, the Valdigne is a natural basin that sits at the foot of Mont Blanc.
Nature is constantly in evidence throughout this unspoilt mountain landscape, with its wide open spaces scattered with glaciers, lakes and peaks of over 4000 metres, from which spectacular views can be admired.
The highest mountains in the Alps, Mont Blanc , the Rutor , the Grandes Jorasses, the Dente del Gigante, the Dames Anglaises, the Miage and Brenva glaciers create a marvellous backdrop, which changes colour from season to season, offering unforgettable views. Throughout the Valdigne, water plays a decisive, spectacular role in the landscape: from the Lenteney and Rutor waterfalls to the Ravine of Pré-Saint-Didier, as well as dozens upon dozens of lakes , the most famous of which include Arpy, Pietra Rossa, Bella Comba, Licony and Verney, where you can enjoy the spectacle of the sky reflecting on the water, while the colours of Lake Miage vary widely from one season to the next as the glacier melts.
The two alpine gardens of Chanousia and Saussurea and the Abbé Henry Park are sure to enthrall anyone interested in alpine plant species, of which a huge variety can be admired.
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"Bosco del Miage" picnic area - Courmayeur
VEGETATION
Sparse and irregular, mature woodland dominated by Larch, Red Spruce and broad-leaved trees. Undergrowth composed of Juniper, Elderberry, Goat Willow and Do…
Abbé J.M. Henry Park
Opened in 1901, devised by Abbot Joseph-Marie Henry, it is situated in Plangorret 1,272 above sea level. At the time, the gardens boasted more 250 varieties of flowers, collected by the abbo…
Saussurea Alpine Botanical Garden
The Saussurea alpine botanical garden was opened in 1987 near the mid-point station of Skyway Monte Bianco, as a tourist attraction, but then gradually gained scientific interest, owing to th…
Brenva glacier
The Brenva valley glacier is the second largest on the Italian side of Mont Blanc with a surface area of about 7 square kilometers and about 6,700 meters long. it…
Miage glacier
The Miage glacier is the largest glacier in Valle d’Aosta covering about 11 square kilometers and over 10 kilometers long. It is a combined valley glacier whose upper part is fan shaped du…
Mont Blanc - m. 4,810
The highest mountain in the Alps. It rises on the Italian-French border between the Graian and Pennine Alps. From a geological point of view, Mont Blanc is made up of…
Mont Blanc Mountain Range
Certainly the most famous mountain range in the Alps. It includes a massif of 40 peaks over 4,000 meters high with one third of this surface over 3,000 meters. Mont Blanc surely emerges from th…
Mont Blanc Tunnel
In 1787, a year after Jacques Balmat, a Chamonix guide, and Dr. Paccard became the first to climb Mont Blanc, the Geneva scientist Horace Bénédict de Saussure repeated th…
"Plan Belle Crête" Picnic area - La Salle
VEGETATION
The area is mostly situated in an old Larch pasture, with Red Spruce around the edges, where the animals hadn’t grazed.HOW TO GE…
Marais nature reserve
An interesting habitat, a resting place for migratory birds after high altitude journeysThe site, consisting of a short stretch of the Dora Baltea river