After WWII, he participated in the 1948 Winter Olympics, and served as a commander in the Italian Mountain Warfare School.
[1] Picco, born in Borgo San Dalmazzo, served in the Italian 4th army as an officer during World War II.
After the war he led the national team in the demonstration event of military patrol (a precursor to biathlon) in the 1948 Winter Olympics, and placed in fourth Advanced to the rank of a Capitano shortly after the Olympic games, he was transferred to the Italian mountain warfare school (Italian: Scuola Militare Alpina) in Aosta.
He had the command over the 37th Alpine Company during its mission to carry and place the monumental statue of Christ (by Alfredo Bai) on the top of the Balmenhorn in 1955.
[5] Picco was the first president of the Associazione Sport Invernali Valle d'Aosta (ASIVA)[6] and was advanced to General later.