Monte Barone

Monte Barone
Monte Barone
	View from Valsesia (foreground: Denti di Gavala)
Highest point
Elevation	2,044 m (6,706 ft)
Prominence	622 m (2,041 ft)
Isolation	10.32 km (6.41 mi)
Listing	Alpine mountains 2000-2499 m
Coordinates	45°44′15″N08°09′12″E / 45.73750°N 8.15333°E Coordinates: 45°44′15″N08°09′12″E / 45.73750°N 8.15333°E
Geography
	Monte Barone Location in the Alps Monte Barone Monte Barone (Italy)
Location	Province of Biella, Italy
Parent range	Alpi Biellesi
Climbing
Easiest route	from Piane di Coggiola

Last updated February 07, 2023

Monte Barone is a mountain of the Alpi Biellesi, a sub-range of the Pennine Alps. Due to its isolation it offers a noteworthy point of view towards the Po plain and can be seen from quite a long distance away (i.e. from Turin).

Etymology

The name comes from the Piedmontese language word for baron, which means heap or pile. The same etymology occurs for several other mountains like Colma di Mombarone or Monte Baron (Graian Alps).

Geography

The mountain is located in the Sesia drainage basin between the Strona di Postua and the Sessera valleys, close to the border between the Province of Vercelli and the province of Biella. Administratively it is divided between the comunes of Coggiola and Caprile, both belonging to 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 Monte Bo-Barone
subgroup = Costiera Talamone-Barone
code = I/B-9.IV-A.2.a

Access to the summit

The easiest route for the summit is a long footpath starting from Piane di Coggiola (950 m, BI) and reaching the mountain via its southern slopes.^[4] A mountain hut with 22 bunk-beds is located at 1,610 m - Rifugio Monte Barone can be useful for hikers and climbers.^[5]

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

Media related to Monte Barone at Wikimedia Commons

1 2 Geoportale IGM on www.pcn.minambiente.it
↑ key col: Bocchetta della Boscarola (1,422 m)
↑ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 134. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
↑ Monte Barone di Coggiola, route description in italian on www.biellaclub.it (accessed on march the 3rd 2012)
↑ Rifugio Monte Barone - 1610m (Alpe Ponasca, Alta Valsessera), page on www.alpibiellesi.it Archived 2006-05-09 at the Wayback Machine (accessed on march the 3rd 2012)

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

[2] y col: Bocchetta della Boscarola (1,422 m)

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

[4] Monte Barone di Coggiola, route description in italian on www.biellaclub.it (accessed on march the 3rd 2012)

[5] Rifugio Monte Barone - 1610m (Alpe Ponasca, Alta Valsessera), page on www.alpibiellesi.it Archived 2006-05-09 at the Wayback Machine (accessed on march the 3rd 2012)

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