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The 600-year-old Gros Mélèze larch measures 6.40 m in circumference and is 30 m high at Montricher-Albanne.
The biggest Larch tree in Europe is here, in the "mélézia" forest at an altitude of 1740 meters. You can't miss it, it is almost 600 years old. It is said in the country that it was born the same year as Joan of Arc under the reign of Amédée VIII, Duke of Savoy! It measures 6.40 m in circumference for 30 m high. Unlike other conifers, the larch loses its needles in autumn. Its wood is very appreciated in carpentry and framework and it is not rare in the mountains to see exterior cladding in larch, which has the advantage of being rotproof.
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