On 23 February 1901, in Aosta, Federico Chabod, a distinguished figure from the Aosta Valley, a historian and politician who championed the cause of the Aosta Valley by participating in the drafting of the Charter of Chivasso and presiding over the first legislative term of the Aosta Valley Council. He also enjoyed a respectable mountaineering career, particularly in the Gran Paradiso massif. In 1966, the Valsavarenche Guides dedicated the mountain hut situated at the foot of the north-west face of Gran Paradiso to him.