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Franco Bethod

Who was Franco Berthod?

Franco Berthod was a boy from La Thule who in the 60s, at the age of 18, became part of the Alpine Skiing National Team A, the same year, in France, he obtained a second and third place in competitions where besides him, the strongest skiers in the world were present.

In those years the Grenoble Olympics loomed and in previous races, at the beginning of the Olympic Games, despite his young age, Franco was the strongest in Italy in the Giant Slalom discipline. All La Thuile was in turmoil, in the heart of Franco there was a great desire to get an Olympic medal. The dream that Franco had been caressing for some time, however, unfortunately shattered, in fact he was seriously injured in a road accident, preventing him from skiing at a competitive level.

How was the n.3 - Franco Berthod track born?

Thanks to Franco's competitive path, his experience and after skiing on all the most technical slopes in the world, he realized the great potential that the La Thuile track n.3 had ,: "a really exciting descent", he loved define it; together with the then world champion, the Swiss Bernard Russi and technician of the International Federation drew the path. With work done, after starting the studies of the track, in the competitive world we started talking about this track, a truly technical route, suitable for downhill skiing, located in a small remote and little-known country in the Alps.