Gazzirola

Garzirola
Garzirola
View from Val Colla (south-west side)
Highest point
Elevation	2,116 m (6,942 ft)
Prominence	56 m (184 ft) [1]
Parent peak	Vetta del Vallone
Coordinates	46°07′05″N9°04′21″E / 46.11806°N 9.07250°E / 46.11806; 9.07250
Geography
Garzirola Location in the Alps
Location	Ticino, Switzerland Lombardy, Italy
Parent range	Lugano Prealps

The Gazzirola (also known as Garzirola) is a mountain of the Lugano Prealps on the Swiss-Italian border. Its summit is the highest point of the municipality of Lugano.

It is one of the few summits from which it's possible to see Lake Maggiore, Lake Lugano and Lake Como at the same time. ^[2] Another such summit is Monte Boglia.

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 = Lugano Prealps
• subsection = Prealpi Comasche
• supergroup = Catena Gino-Camoghè-Fiorina
• group = Gruppo Camoghè-Bar
• subgroup = Sottogruppo del Camoghè
• code = I/B-11.I-A.2.a

Mountain huts

Not far from the mountain are located three mountain huts: Capanna San Lucio (1,540 m), Rifugio San Lucio (1,554 m) and Rifugio Garzirola (1,974 m).

Notes

1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps and Google Earth. The key col is located east of Monte Segor at 2,060 metres.
2. "HeyWhatsThat". www.heywhatsthat.com. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
3. Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN   978-88-8068-273-8.

External links

• Gazzirola on Hikr