Punta Pioda doesn't have the same notoriety as the north faces of the Eiger, the Matterhorn, or the Grandes Jorasses. But ...

For thousands of years, people have survived in the Alps with traditional, straightforward food and drink. From strudel to ...

The area was first inhabited by the Salassi, a Celtic-Ligurian people who settled there in the ... often referred to as the "Rome of the Alps" due to its well-preserved Roman architecture.

People have traditionally used the land here ... Rising temperatures due to climate change mean that some glaciers within the Alps are disappearing and this is changing the water balance.