Lanzo Valleys

Lanzo Valeys
Valli di Lanzo
The valleys as seen from Punta Lunelle
Location of the valley in Piedmont, NW Italy
Floor elevation	500–3,670 m (1,640–12,040 ft)
Length	around 40 km (25 mi) west east
Geology
Type	River valley
Geography
Location	Piedmont, Italy
Coordinates	45°16′59″N 7°24′00″E / 45.283°N 7.4°E / 45.283; 7.4Coordinates: 45°16′59″N 7°24′00″E / 45.283°N 7.4°E / 45.283; 7.4
Rivers	Stura di Lanzo

The Lanzo Valleys (in Italian Valli di Lanzo, in Piedmontese Valade ëd Lans) is a group of valleys in the north-west of Piedmont in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy.

Etymology[]

The valleys take their name from the city of Lanzo, which lies in the main valley near its exit on the Po Plain.

Geography[]

The Devil's bridge on the Stura di Lanzo, where the valley meet the Po plain

The Stura di Lanzo, a tributary of the Po, collects the waters flowing through the valleys. The most important sub-valleys are, from south to north and from west to east, Valle di Viù (literally Valley of Viù), 'Val d'Ala (literally Valley of Ala), Val Grande (literally Great Valley) and Val Tesso (literally Valley of Tesso, being the a left-hand tributary of Stura di Lanzo).^[1]

Besides Lanzo other municipalities of the area are Germagnano, Traves, Monastero di Lanzo, Coassolo Torinese, Pessinetto, Ceres, Ala di Stura, Balme, Viù, Lemie, Usseglio, Cantoira, Chialamberto and Groscavallo.

Access[]

The valleys can be reached by the Po Plain either by railway, with the Ferrovia Torino-Ceres, or by road, following the strada provinciale^[2] n.1 named "Direttisima delle Valli di Lanzo".

Notable summits[]

Punta Sulè

Lago di Unghiasse, the whider natural lake of the valleys

Among the notable summits which surround the valley there are:

• Uia di Ciamarella - 3,676 m
• Levanna - 3,619 m
• Uia di Bessanese - 3,606 m
• Croce Rossa - 3,566 m
• Punta d'Arnas - 3,560 m
• Rocciamelone - 3,538 m
• Punta Sulè - 3,384 m
• Uia di Mondrone - 2,964 m
• Punta Lunella - 2,272 m
• Monte Civrari - 2,302 m
• Monte Colombano - 1,658 m.

Notes and references[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Valli di Lanzo.

• http://www.comunitamontanavlcc.it/ (in Italian)