Monte Colombano

Monte Colombano
The summit of Monte Colombano
Highest point
Elevation	1,658 m (5,440 ft) ^[1]^[2]
Prominence	346 m (1,135 ft) ^[1]
Coordinates	45°11′58″N 07°23′53″E / 45.19944°N 7.39806°E / 45.19944; 7.39806Coordinates: 45°11′58″N 07°23′53″E / 45.19944°N 7.39806°E / 45.19944; 7.39806
Geography
Monte Colombano Location in the Alps
Location	Province of Turin, Italy
Parent range	Graian Alps
Climbing
Easiest route	From Colle Lunella

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.

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:^[3]

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 summit's cairn

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

Notes

1 2 Geoportale IGM on www.pcn.minambiente.it
↑ key col: Colle del Lis (1,311 m)
↑ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 134. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.

External links

Monte Colombano: 360° panoramic image from the summit on pano.ica-net.it
Monte Colombano, Italy on peakbagger.com

Other projects

Media related to Monte Colombano at Wikimedia Commons

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