"The prints were found high in the mountains between the towns of Livigno and Bormio, where some of the Winter Olympics will take place in February. The 2026 Games are co-hosted by Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, with competitions spanning some two dozen locations at venues across northern Italy. The slopes of Livigno will house freestyle skiing and snowboarding events, while the resort town of Bormio will be home to alpine skiing and the new sport of ski mountaineering."
"Scientists determined the footprints date back some 210 million years, to the Late Triassic period. Milan's Natural History Museum says the roughly 3-mile wide "valley of the dinosaurs" is "the largest site in the Alps and one of the richest in the world." Nature photographer Elio Della Ferrara stumbled upon the dinosaur tracks in September while following deer and vultures in the Fraele Valley, an area near Bormio known for its mountainous landscape and artificial lakes."
Thousands of dinosaur footprints were found on nearly vertical dolomite walls in Stelvio National Park, a protected area in the central Alps between Livigno and Bormio. The prints date to about 210 million years ago, in the Late Triassic period. The roughly three-mile-wide site is described as a "valley of the dinosaurs" and ranks as the largest site in the Alps and one of the richest globally. A nature photographer discovered the tracks in September, scaling a 2,000-foot-high rock wall to view tens of thousands of prints preserved in excellent condition. The discovery occurs weeks before the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
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