Monte Cresto

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).

Monte Cresto
Mont Crest
Highest point
Elevation2,548 m (8,360 ft) [1]
Prominence335 m (1,099 ft) [1][2]
Parent peakMonte Mars
ListingAlpine mountains 2500-2999 m
Coordinates45°40′54″N 7°54′36″E 
Geography
Monte Cresto
Mont Crest
Location in the Alps
LocationPiedmont / Aosta Valley, Italy
Parent rangeAlpi Biellesi

Geography
The mountain seen from South (Monte Pietra Bianca)

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

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
  • Rifugio della Vecchia (1,872 m)

SOIUSA classification

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:[5]

Maps

References

Media related to Monte Cresto at Wikimedia Commons

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