Monte Colombano

Monte Colombano
Monte Colombano
Mont Colombon (in Piedmontese)
	The summit of Monte Colombano
Highest point
Elevation	1,658 m (5,440 ft)
Prominence	346 m (1,135 ft)
Isolation	6.21 km (3.86 mi)
Coordinates	45°11′59″N7°25′53″E / 45.1996518°N 7.4313978°E Coordinates: 45°11′59″N7°25′53″E / 45.1996518°N 7.4313978°E
Geography
	Monte Colombano Location in the Alps
Location	Province of Turin, Italy
Parent range	Graian Alps
Climbing
Easiest route	Hiking from Colle Lunella

Last updated March 20, 2023 • 2 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Monte Colombano (in Piedmontese mont Colombon ) is a mountain in the Alpi di Lanzo, a sub-group of the Graian Alps, with an elevation of 1,658 m.

Geography

The mountain is located between the Val Casternone, the Val di Viù and the Ceronda valley and is the tripoint in which the communes of Viù, Varisella and Val della Torre (all in the Metropolitan City of Turin) meet.

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 = Graian Alps
subsection = Southern Graian Alps
supergroup = catena Rocciamelone-Charbonel
group = gruppo del Rocciamelone
subgroup = cresta Lunella-Arpone
code = I/B-7.I-A.2.b

Geology

Like others mountains of its area, the monte Colombano too is mainly made of lherzolitic rocks, partially turned into serpentinite.^[4]

Access to the summit

The easiest route for the summit is a footpath starting from colle Lunella (a mountain pass which connects Viù and Val della Torre), and follows the SW face of the mountain. The pass can be easily reached from the Colle del Lis.^[5] or from Val della Torre, but from the latter starting point the climb is longer. During very snowy winters, and when the snow cover is stable, the summit can also be accessed with snowshoes.^[6]

Maps

Italian official cartography ( Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: www.pcn.minambiente.it
I.G.C. (Istituto Geografico Centrale): Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi 1:50.000 scale n.2 Valli di Lanzo e Moncenisio and 1:25.000 scale n.110 Basse valli di Lanzo

Notes

1 2 Geoportale IGM on www.pcn.minambiente.it
↑ key col: Colle del Lis (1,311 m)
↑ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 134. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
↑ S. Franchi (1890). "Anomalie della declinazione magnetica in rapporto con grandi masse serpentinose". Bollettino del Servizio geologico d'Italia (in Italian). Vol. 21. Servizio geologico d'Italia. p. 11. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
↑ "Colombano (Monte) dal Colle del Lys". gulliver.it. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
↑ "Colombano (Monte) dal Colle del Lys" (in Italian). gulliver.it. Retrieved 2020-06-06.

External links

Media related to Monte Colombano at Wikimedia Commons
Monte Colombano: 360° panoramic image from the summit on pano.ica-net.it
"Monte Colombano, Italy". peakbagger.com.

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

[2] y col: Colle del Lis (1,311 m)

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

[4] S. Franchi (1890). "Anomalie della declinazione magnetica in rapporto con grandi masse serpentinose". Bollettino del Servizio geologico d'Italia (in Italian). Vol. 21. Servizio geologico d'Italia. p. 11. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

[gulliver_esc-5] "Colombano (Monte) dal Colle del Lys". gulliver.it. Retrieved 2020-06-06.

[gulliver_ciasp-6] "Colombano (Monte) dal Colle del Lys" (in Italian). gulliver.it. Retrieved 2020-06-06.

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Monte Colombano
Mont Colombon (in Piedmontese)
The summit of Monte Colombano
Highest point
Elevation	1,658 m (5,440 ft)^[1]^[2]
Prominence	346 m (1,135 ft)^[1]
Isolation	6.21 km (3.86 mi)
Coordinates	45°11′59″N7°25′53″E / 45.1996518°N 7.4313978°E / 45.1996518; 7.4313978 Coordinates: 45°11′59″N7°25′53″E / 45.1996518°N 7.4313978°E / 45.1996518; 7.4313978
Geography
Monte Colombano Location in the Alps
Location	Province of Turin, Italy
Parent range	Graian Alps
Climbing
Easiest route	Hiking from Colle Lunella