Monte Bo

Monte Bo
Monte Bo
Cima di Bo
	Mount Bo from Colma di Biella
Highest point
Elevation	2,556 m (8,386 ft)
Prominence	613 m (2,011 ft)
Isolation	5.46 km (3.39 mi)
Listing	Alpine mountains 2500-2999 m
Coordinates	45°42′54″N07°59′55″E / 45.71500°N 7.99861°E
Geography
	Monte Bo Location in the Alps
Location	Province of Biella, Italy
Parent range	Alpi Biellesi
Climbing
Easiest route	from Piedicavallo

Last updated January 20, 2024

Monte Bo (or Cima di Bo^[3]) is a mountain in the Alpi Biellesi, a sub-range of Pennine Alps.

Geography

The mountain is located between Sessera and Cervo valleys and is totally included in the province of Biella. It is divided between the comune of Piedicavallo and the mountain exclaves of Pettinengo, Tavigliano and Valle San Nicolao.

SOIUSA classification

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:^[4]

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 = Costiera Bo-Cravile-Monticchio
code = I/B-9.IV-A.2.b

With an elevation of 2,556 m, it is the second highest peak of the Province of Biella after Monte Mars (2,600 m).

Access to the summit

The easiest route for the summit is a long but well marked footpath starting from Montesinaro, a village belonging to Piedicavallo township. Nearby the mountain's top is located Bivacco Antoniotti, an emergency mountain shelter.

The summit of the Bo is a well known hiking destination, and since the 19th century it has been celebrated because:

It commands a vast and varied panorama of the Alps and plains, which has been engraved by the Italian Alpine Club.

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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
Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi, 1:50.000 scale, nr. 9 Ivrea, Biella e Bassa Valle d'Aosta, Istituto Geografico Centrale - Torino

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References

1 2 Geoportale IGM on www.pcn.minambiente.it
↑ key col: Bocchetta del Croso (1,943 m)
1 2 AA.VV. (1838). A hand-book for travellers in Switzerland and the Alps of Savoy and Piedmont. John Murray. p. 354. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
↑ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 134. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.

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

[2] y col: Bocchetta del Croso (1,943 m)

[Murray-3] 1 2 AA.VV. (1838). A hand-book for travellers in Switzerland and the Alps of Savoy and Piedmont. John Murray. p. 354. Retrieved 2021-02-08.

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

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