Colma di Mombarone

Colma di Mombarone
Colma di Mombarone
	View from Pavignano.
Highest point
Elevation	2,371 m (7,779 ft)
Prominence	250 m (820 ft)
Coordinates	45°35′10″N7°53′35″E / 45.5860080°N 7.8930066°E Coordinates: 45°35′10″N7°53′35″E / 45.5860080°N 7.8930066°E
Geography
	Colma di Mombarone Location in the Alps
Location	Province of Turin / Province of Biella, Italy
Parent range	Alpi Biellesi
Climbing
Easiest route	From San Giacomo di Andrate or San Carlo di Graglia

Last updated April 18, 2022

Colma di Mombarone (or simply Mombarone) is a mountain of the Biellese Alps, a sub-range of Pennine Alps, in northern Italy. It visually marks, along with Monte Gregorio on the opposite side, the entrance of Aosta Valley from the Po plain. On its top in 1900 was built a huge statue, still located there, of Jesus Christ.

Etymology

The name comes from Piedmontese language: Colma is a term used in the northern Piedmont and referring to a pass or a high place, while Mombarone is the italianisation of the piedmontese Monbaron, where mon is for mount and baron means heap or pile.

Geography

The mountain is located between Dora Baltea and Cervo valleys, on the border between Province of Turin and province of Biella, both in Piemonte region. Administratively it is divided between the comunes of Settimo Vittone (in the province of Turin), Donato and Graglia (both in the province of Biella).

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 = Pennine Alps
subsection = Southern Valsesia Alps
supergroup = Alpi Biellesi
group = Catena Tre Vescovi - Mars
subgroup =
code = I/B-9.IV-A.1

Access to the summit

The easiest routes for the summit are two long but well marked footpaths, one starting from San Giacomo di Andrate (TO) and another from San Carlo di Graglia (BI); both of them converge on the southern ridge of the mountain.^[4] Nearby the mountain's top, at 2,312 m, is located Rifugio Mombarone, a permanent mountain hut.

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

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References

1 2 Geoportale IGM on www.pcn.minambiente.it
↑ key col: Colle della Lace (2,121 m)
↑ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 134. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
↑ Guida alle Alpi biellesi, Giancarlo Regis e Renza Piana Regis, libreria Vittorio Giovannacci, Biella 1981

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[IGM-1] 1 2 Geoportale IGM on www.pcn.minambiente.it

[2] y col: Colle della Lace (2,121 m)

[3] Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 134. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.

[4] Guida alle Alpi biellesi, Giancarlo Regis e Renza Piana Regis, libreria Vittorio Giovannacci, Biella 1981

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