Combe Laval Road – Saint-Jean-en-Royans, France

Combe Laval sits in the area of Vercors Massif, southeastern France. It is renowned for its remarkable design, as workers directly carved into the cliff. It remains a symbol of the French Alps and is a reminder of the hard work it took to make timber production profitable.

However, besides being a stunning work of human engineering with beautiful natural scenes, it also comes with a certain level of danger. The rocky terrain with overhanging ledges and pebbles is always a landslide hazard. And then there’s the road’s narrowness with a cliff on one side and a 1,000-foot drop on the other.