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Passo del Tonale ripreso dall'arrivo delle seggiovia Alpe Alta (m.2245). Estate 2002 - Foto da me scattata e rilasciata nel pubblico dominio
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Passo Tonale summer

Passo del Tonale ripreso dall'arrivo delle seggiovia Alpe Alta (m.2245). Estate 2002 - Foto da me scattata e rilasciata nel pubblico dominio. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.

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Passo del Tonale ripreso dall'arrivo delle seggiovia Alpe Alta (m.2245). Estate 2002 - Foto da me scattata e rilasciata nel pubblico dominio
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Passo Tonale summer

Passo del Tonale ripreso dall'arrivo delle seggiovia Alpe Alta (m.2245). Estate 2002 - Foto da me scattata e rilasciata nel pubblico dominio. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.

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Passo del Tonale ripreso dall'arrivo delle seggiovia Alpe Alta (m.2245). Estate 2002 - Foto da me scattata e rilasciata nel pubblico dominio
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BEFORE MODERN SPORT

Passo Tonale

How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Passo Tonale.

Scroll to read the contour through time

Tonale Pass (Italian: Passo del Tonale) (el.

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BEFORE TOURISM

Before the resort map

The linked local overview does not preserve a clear account of Passo Tonale before modern tourism.

This edition leaves that part of the timeline open rather than mistaking the first surviving sporting reference for the beginning of the place.

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ACCESS CHANGES

A route reaches Passo Tonale

The surviving overview does not identify one decisive access date for Passo Tonale.

This edition therefore leaves that date open rather than turning gradual change into a false single event.

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Tonale - Piste Valbiolo - View from Passo Contrabandieri(2008y.)
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Tonale - Piste Valbiolo - View from Passo Contrabandieri(2008y.) - panoramio

Tonale - Piste Valbiolo - View from Passo Contrabandieri(2008y.). This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.

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Tonale - Piste Valbiolo - View from Passo Contrabandieri(2008y.)
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Tonale - Piste Valbiolo - View from Passo Contrabandieri(2008y.) - panoramio

Tonale - Piste Valbiolo - View from Passo Contrabandieri(2008y.). This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.

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Tonale - Piste Valbiolo - View from Passo Contrabandieri(2008y.)
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ORGANISED SPORT

Winter becomes organised

The pass has hotels and shops for tourists in winter, as the land around the pass is used for winter sports – mainly skiing (see Adamello Ski Raid) and snowboarding.

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THE LIVING MAP

The mapped place

Passo Tonale is recorded at 46.264° N, 10.586° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 3,016 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.

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Passo del Tonale ripreso dall'arrivo delle seggiovia Alpe Alta (m.2245). Estate 2002 - Foto da me scattata e rilasciata nel pubblico dominio
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Ledger AOD.EU.PASSO-TONALE.V00

Passo Tonale summer

Passo del Tonale ripreso dall'arrivo delle seggiovia Alpe Alta (m.2245). Estate 2002 - Foto da me scattata e rilasciata nel pubblico dominio. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.

Visual description
Passo del Tonale ripreso dall'arrivo delle seggiovia Alpe Alta (m.2245). Estate 2002 - Foto da me scattata e rilasciata nel pubblico dominio
Nature
original
Medium
Open-licence photograph
Source
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Ledger AOD.EU.PASSO-TONALE.V00

Passo Tonale summer

Passo del Tonale ripreso dall'arrivo delle seggiovia Alpe Alta (m.2245). Estate 2002 - Foto da me scattata e rilasciata nel pubblico dominio. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.

Visual description
Passo del Tonale ripreso dall'arrivo delle seggiovia Alpe Alta (m.2245). Estate 2002 - Foto da me scattata e rilasciata nel pubblico dominio
Nature
original
Medium
Open-licence photograph
Source
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

TODAY

Passo Tonale now

Passo Tonale remains a lived-in place as well as a sporting destination.

Its present identity continues to depend on the relationship between residents, visitors, access and the landscape or water that first shaped it.

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THE LEDGER

Sources and credits

This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.

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Artefacts in order of appearance

  • Passo Tonale summer

    AOD.EU.PASSO-TONALE.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

  • Tonale - Piste Valbiolo - View from Passo Contrabandieri(2008y.) - panoramio

    AOD.EU.PASSO-TONALE.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Editorial record

Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Tonale Pass overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.