La Girotte Dam

Historic site and monument
Engineering structure
Dam/weir

73620 Hauteluce

Barrage de la Girotte (Beaufortain) — ©
J. Dorol

Barrage de la Girotte et centrale électrique de Belleville — ©
A. Späni

Vue de la vallée d'Hauteluc depuis le barrage — ©
A. Späni

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The Girotte dam was built in 1946. It was the first in Beaufortain. It is one of the rare dam to be filled with the water coming from "Tré la Tête" glacier next to the Mont-Blanc. That is why the color of her water can be so special green.

To get closer you will have to walk from Belleville.