Monte Cresto

Monte Cresto
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
Coordinates 45°40′54″N 7°54′36″E / 45.68167°N 7.91000°E / 45.68167; 7.91000Coordinates: 45°40′54″N 7°54′36″E / 45.68167°N 7.91000°E / 45.68167; 7.91000
Geography
Monte Cresto

Location in the Alps

Location Piedmont / Aosta Valley, Italy
Parent range Alpi Biellesi

Monte Cresto, at 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

The mountain seen from South (M.Pietra Bianca)

The mountain is located on the water divide between the Valle del Lys (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

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.[3]

Mountain huts

SOIUSA classification

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Geoportale IGM on www.pcn.minambiente.it
  2. key col:Colle della Gragliasca (2,213  m)
  3. Il monte Cresto - Itinerari, web page, accessed January 2013
  4. Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 134. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
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