I was born in a small village in the middle of the Dolomite mountains during the Second World War, on Christmas Day in 1941.

The memories of my early childhood are somewhat faded, but since the war, certain things and certain feelings accompany you all your life.

I had the good fortune to be born in a clean and tidy, I dare say almost 'fairy-tale' country in the midst of green meadows and the majesty of the fir, larch and beech forests where every family owned an entire house and where the word 'pollution' was unknown. Solidarity and commitment to families who had less was the norm, not the exception.

As a child, I attended the only school in the village with classes of five to ten children per class, and the middle school was 20 km from my village. I walked through meadows and forests often barefoot so as not to wear out the soles of my shoes, partly for pleasure, partly to procure firewood and fodder for the cow, the only real source of food. In this context, the passion for the mountains and climbing is a logical consequence.

As soon as I turned thirteen with my father I went to stuff chairs, in delight 'counts'. It was very hard work; as an emigrant you worked house to house and slept in barns. That winter was the year 1956, the coldest of the century when the poplars were bursting from the cold.

Born in Bormio in 1974. Hotelier, former athlete, ski instructor and all-round flying enthusiast.

He graduated from the hotel-management school in Bormio with the title of Tecnico delle Attività Alberghiere (hotel business technician) and still continues with passion and dedication the art of hospitality that has distinguished the family for generations with his brother Lucio and his father Geremia, inspired by the precious teaching of his mother Clara who sadly passed away in the first decade of the new millennium.

In the last decade, in addition to running the family's historic hotel, the Miramonti Park Hotel in Bormio, the business has also expanded to Romagna, Riccione and Santa Caterina Valfurva.

In 2000, he founded the Comitato Organizzatore Manifestazioni Bormiesi (Bormio Events Organising Committee) through which he organises national and international events of a touristic and sporting nature.

Thanks to the union with Francesca, who also works with Dario in hotels, Pietro and Alessia were born in 2008 and 2011 respectively.

The passion for the mountains, sport and competitiveness is a common denominator in the Da Zanche family, and his father already put Dario on skis at the age of 3. He was a member of the Bormio ski club for several years, achieving good results, especially in the fast disciplines.

Lucio Da Zanche, born in Bormio, born in 1970, has always been an entrepreneur in the tourism sector, is an established racing driver and safe driving instructor for the De Adamich racing stable.

Over the years he has been involved in the management of some of the family businesses, including the Taulà restaurant, later to become Filò, the San Vitale hotel and the Nazionale hotel.

Today, together with Dario and his father, he runs the family business, where he transfers his passion for cars and engines with projects related to it, among them the 'Petrol Head' project linked to the Miramonti Park, which he likes to call the first Petrol Head Hotel in the Alps.

He is also the owner of DazzainMotion, a company dedicated to the organisation of events related to the automotive industry and which is linked to Lucio's great passion for rallies, where he has built his long and prestigious career as a driver, in Valtellina among the most successful ever.

He made his debut with karts in 1988, but his 'real' racing career began in 1994, still on the track with karts. In the speciality he achieved numerous successes until 2001.

In 2000 he made his debut in the world of rallies, immediately distinguishing himself with historic cars. Rallies became his main racing activity at the wheel of the prestigious PORSCHE brand cars. With the 911 models prepared by PENTACAR, Lucio grinds out victories and important placings in the FIA European Championship and Italian Championship races, soon becoming one of the reference drivers on the continental scene.