Monte Cresto
| Monte Cresto Mont Crest | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,548 m (8,360 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 335 m (1,099 ft)[1][2] |
| Parent peak | Monte Mars |
| Listing | Alpine mountains 2500–2999 m |
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Piedmont / Aosta Valley, Italy |
| Parent range | Alpi Biellesi |
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Monte Cresto (French: Mont Crest[3]) (2,548 m) is the third highest peak of the Province of Biella (Piedmont, NW Italy) after Monte Mars (2,600 m) and Monte Bo (2,556 m).
Geography
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The mountain is located on the water divide between the Lys Valley (Aosta Valley) and the Cervo Valley (Province of Biella).
Administratively is divided between the comunes of Issime (Aosta Valley, western faces) and an exclave of the Piedmontese comune of Sagliano Micca (Eastern faces).
Access to the summit
[edit | edit source]It can be ascended following the water divide starting from Piedicavallo either from the south, passing through the Colle del Lupo (literally Wolf's pass, 2,342 m) or from the north, passing by Colle della Vecchia (Old Woman's pass, 2,185 m).
A classical climbing route which reaches the summit starts from Rifugio della Vecchia and is rated PD in the IFAS system.[4]
Mountain huts
[edit | edit source]- Rifugio della Vecchia (1,872 m)
SOIUSA classification
[edit | edit source]According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:[5]
- main part = Western Alps
- major sector = North Western Alps
- section = Pennine Alps
- subsection = Southern Valsesia Alps
- supergroup = Alpi Biellesi
- group = Catena Tre Vescovi - Mars
- code = II/B-9.IV-A.1
Maps
[edit | edit source]- Italian official cartography (Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: www.pcn.minambiente.it
- Provincia di Biella cartography: Carta dei sentieri della Provincia di Biella, 1:25.00 scale, 2004; on line version: webgis.provincia.biella.it
- Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi, 1:50.000 scale, nr. 9 Ivrea, Biella e Bassa Valle d'Aosta, Istituto Geografico Centrale - Torino
References
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- ^ a b Geoportale IGM on www.pcn.minambiente.it
- ^ key col:Colle della Gragliasca (2,213 m)
- ^ SCT Partout géonavigateur - Aosta Valley
- ^ Il monte Cresto - Itinerari, web page, accessed January 2013
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