Frozen In The Past: The Melting Of This Alpine Glacier Revealed Something Completely Unexpected

Published on 06/07/2022
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On The Border Of Two Nations

You are going to find Mount Scorluzzo near the border of Italy and Switzerland. It stands at over 10,000 feet above sea level and overlooks among the highest paved roads in the Alpine region. This is not as hard to climb as the other peaks there. In fact, it has been conquered by mountaineers time and again.

On The Border Of Two Nations

On The Border Of Two Nations

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It Is Not Just Climbers Either

Climbers are not the only ones to have ascended the snow-capped mountain in the past. Prior to the Great War, there used to be an important border known as the Stelvio Pass. It runs through the Alps about a thousand feet below the apex of Mount Scorluzzo. The Kingdom of Italy had been on the east, while the other side marked the western border of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

It Is Not Just Climbers Either

It Is Not Just Climbers Either

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