Monte Baldo

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Monte Baldo
Waldberg
Monte Baldo - Altissimo.jpg
Monte Altissimo di Nago in the Monte Baldo range
Highest point
Elevation 2,218 m (7,277 ft) [1]
Prominence 1,950 m (6,400 ft) [2]
Listing Ultra
Coordinates 45°43′35″N10°50′38″E / 45.72639°N 10.84389°E / 45.72639; 10.84389 [2]
Geography
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Monte Baldo
Italy
Location Veneto, northern Italy
Parent range Alps, Brescia and Garda Prealps
Climbing
Easiest route rock/snow climb

Monte Baldo (German : Waldberg) is a mountain range in the Italian Alps, located in the provinces of Trento and Verona. Its ridge spans mainly northeast-southwest, and is bounded from south by the highland ending at Caprino Veronese, from west by Lake Garda, from north by the valley joining Rovereto to Nago-Torbole and, from east, the Val d'Adige.

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The name derives from the German Wald ("forest"); it appears for the first time in a German map in 1163. The Peace Trail (it: Sentiero della Pace), one of the most important long distance trails in Northern Italy, leads over the range. The ridge is reachable through a cable car from the nearby town of Malcesine, on the shore of Lake Garda.

Morphology

Mount Baldo is characterized by a geographical identity, a ridge parallel to Lake Garda, which stretches for 40 kilometres (25 miles), between the lake to the west and Val d'Adige to the east, and on the south it is bounded by plain Caprino and North Valley Loppio. Mount Baldo reaches its maximum elevation of 2,218 m with the Cima Valdritta, and its minimum elevation of 65 m on Lake Garda. Other prominent peaks in the range are Monte Altissimo di Nago (2,079 m), Cima del Longino (2,180 m), Cima delle Pozzette (2,132 m) and Punta Telegrafo (2,200 m).

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References

  1. "Cima Valdritta, Italy". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  2. 1 2 "European Ultra-Prominences". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2014-07-28.

Images

Monte Baldo da malga Gambon.jpg
Panorama of Monte Baldo viewed from the west.
Lake Garda - View from Monte Baldo.jpg
Panoramic view from Monte Baldo looking west to Lake Garda.
Garda Lake and Monte Baldo Landscapes Panoramas from Funivia Malcesine Monte Baldo Via Navene Vecchia, 12 photo Paolo Villa FOTO6730-FOTO6746.jpg
Landscapes on Monte Baldo looking west to Lake Garda .