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Monte Bo

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Easiest route
  
from Piedicavallo

Prominence
  
613 m

Mountain range
  
Biellese Alps

Elevation
  
2,556 m

Province
  
Province of Biella

Parent range
  
Biellese Alps

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Listing
  
Alpine mountains 2500-2999 m

Location
  
Province of Biella, Italy

Similar
  
Punta Tre Vescovi, Monte Barone, Monte Mars, Monticchio, Punta del Cravile

Monte bo valsesiano


Monte Bo (or Cima di Bo) is a mountain in the Alpi Biellesi, a sub-range of Pennine Alps.

Contents

Map of Monte Bo, 13843 Tavigliano, Province of Biella, Italy

Monte bo prealpi biellesi


Geography

The mountain is located between Sessera and Cervo valleys and is totally included in the province of Biella. It is divided between the comune of Piedicavallo and the mountain exclaves of Pettinengo, Tavigliano and Valle San Nicolao.

SOIUSA classification

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:

  • main part = Western Alps
  • major sector = North Western Alps
  • section = Pennine Alps
  • subsection = Southern Valsesia Alps
  • supergroup = Alpi Biellesi
  • group = Catena Tre Vescovi - Mars
  • subgroup = Costiera Bo-Cravile-Monticchio
  • code = I/B-9.IV-A.2.b
  • With an elevation of 2,556 m it's the second highest peak of the Province of Biella after Monte Mars (2,600 m).

    Access to the summit

    The easiest route for the summit is a long but well marked footpath starting from Montesinaro, a village belonging to Piedicavallo township. Nearby the mountain's top is located Bivacco Antoniotti, an emergency mountain shelter.

    Maps

  • 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
  • References

    Monte Bo Wikipedia