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Monte Colombano

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Parent range
  
Graian Alps

Elevation
  
1,658 m

Province
  
Province of Turin

Easiest route
  
From Colle Lunella

Prominence
  
346 m

Mountain range
  
Graian Alps


Location
  
Province of Turin, Italy

Similar
  
Monte Arpone, Monte Lera, Monte Rosselli, Monte Civrari, Punta Lunella

Monte colombano 24 apr 14


Monte Colombano (in Piedmontese mont Colombon ) is a mountain in the Alpi di Lanzo, a sub-group of the Graian Alps, with an elevation of 1,658 m.

Contents

Map of Monte Colombano, 10070 Vi%C3%B9, Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy

Geography

The mountain is located between the Val Casternone, the Val di Viù and the Ceronda valley and is the tripoint in which the communes of Viù, Varisella and Val della Torre (all in the province of Turin) meet.

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 = Graian Alps
  • subsection = Southern Graian Alps
  • supergroup = catena Rocciamelone-Charbonel
  • group = gruppo del Rocciamelone
  • subgroup = cresta Lunella-Arpone
  • code = I/B-7.I-A.2.b

    • Access to the summit

    The easiest route for the summit is a footpath starting from colle Lunella (which connects Viù and Val della Torre) and follows the SW face of the mountain.

    Maps

  • Italian official cartography (Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: www.pcn.minambiente.it
  • Istituto Geografico Centrale: Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi 1:50.000 scale n.2 Valli di Lanzo e Moncenisio and 1:25.000 scale n.110 Basse valli di Lanzo

    • Other projects

    Media related to Monte Colombano at Wikimedia Commons

    References

    Monte Colombano Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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