Gran Bosco Forest Trail to Ghiacciaia Lake and Icehouse
Gran Bosco Forest Trail to Ghiacciaia Lake and Icehouse
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Gran Bosco Forest Trail to Ghiacciaia Lake and Icehouse
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6.64km
740m
Hiking
Forest trail through historic Gran Bosco with wildlife encounters and a 19th-century icehouse.
Last updated: September 18, 2025
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Icehouse Lake and Ice House
Highlight • Lake
The building with thick stone walls, buried and covered with trees with a shading function, is the last example of a nineteenth-century Piedmontese ice chest still intact.
The ice produced in the winter in the adjoining artificial lake was kept until the summer, before being loaded onto the wagons, covered with wet jute bags, and transported to the markets of Turin and Briançon.
The seasonal nature of the work (complementary to the agricultural one) made the extraction and conservation of ice an important economic resource for mountain dwellers.
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118 m
Gran Bosco di Salbertrand Mine
Highlight • Historical Site
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599 m
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1.23 km
Bussonière Ruins
Highlight • Historical Site
4.35 km
Steep Trail in the Woods
Highlight • Trail
6.64 km
End point
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
3.90 km
1.83 km
915 m
Surfaces
5.73 km
807 m
< 100 m
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Elevation
Highest point (1,870 m)
Lowest point (1,120 m)
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Monday 13 July
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18°C
22 %
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