Lanzada: Ghiacciaio Fellaria Ovest - Punta Marinelli
Among the places of Lombardy, Lanzada stands out for its access to the high Valmalenco sector of the Bernina Range, where the Fellaria Ovest Glacier and Punta Marinelli form an austere world of ice, moraine and dark rock. Fellaria Ovest is among the significant glaciers of the Italian Alps and forms part of Lombardy’s long-term glaciological monitoring. Punta Marinelli rises above the glacier in the Bernina massif, whose frontier ridge marks the border with Switzerland. This is mountaineering country rather than a resort landscape: Rifugio Marinelli-Bombardieri is an established base for high-altitude routes. Lanzada is the Valmalenco municipality connected with these upper valleys and their long alpine tradition.
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Lanzada has served as a mountain settlement in Lombardy’s Valmalenco since the Middle Ages. The municipality follows the Lanterna torrent beneath the Bernina Alps, where high valleys lead towards the Swiss border and the reservoirs of Campo Moro. Mining shaped local working life for generations: the former Bagnada talc mine preserves the record of an industry closely connected with Valmalenco. Stone-built hamlets and alpine pastures lend the area a distinctly mountain character, far removed from the larger cities of the Po Valley. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of Lanzada and Valmalenco.
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