Wonderful Waterfall Cascata del Toce in Italian Alps in winter
What has determined the notoriety and fame of Val Formazza together with the spectacle of the mountains that surround it was certainly the Toce waterfalls. "The most beautiful, the most powerful among the waterfalls of the Alps", a waterfall of 143 meters for a maximum front, at the base, of 60 meters.
On the top a fantastic observation point is the wooden balcony stretched over the waterfall. On the summit, stands the famous hotel built in 1923 and designed in Deco style by architect Piero Portaluppi, one of the greatest exponents of the architectural style.
The Toce and its water are not only an element of strong characterization of the Formazzino landscape: the water power exploited for electrical purposes. It is also the greatest wealth of the valley. Currently the waters of the Toce are collected in the Morasco basin, upstream of the waterfall, and through a tunnel and a penstock they reach the Enel Ponte power plant to be used in the production of electricity.
The Hand of the man has bent the nature to his service but in the meantime it has made an illustrious victim: the waterfall of the Toce, for intuitive productive requirements, is visible in its majesty only for brief periods during the year.
In the Technical Sheet at the beginning of the page are indicated periods and times in which to enjoy the majesty of the waterfall in its full force.
The Toce Waterfall was visited and loved by many illustrious visitors such as Richard Wagner, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Queen Margherita, De Saussure and Stoppani, who left enthusiastic descriptions of what was already defined the most beautiful waterfall in the Alps. The path that runs along it, which is truly suggestive, is a stretch of the mercantile route from Gries that linked Milan and Bern for centuries.
Since the beginning of 1930 the waters of the Toce have been used for the production of electricity, for this reason, the Toce Waterfall is visible in its majesty only for short periods of the year.
Features
The top of the fall: 1675 mt.
The foot of the fall: 1532 mt.
Height of the fall: 143 mt.
Rocky recline: 200 mt.
Water flake at the edge: 20 mt.
The width at the base: 60 mt.
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