Monte Mars

Monte Mars
*Mont Mars*
Monte Mars; Mont Mars
Highest point
Elevation	2,600 m (8,500 ft)
Prominence	413 m (1,355 ft)
Isolation	10.53 km (6.54 mi)
Listing	Alpine mountains 2500-2999 m
Coordinates	45°38′04″N7°54′52″E / 45.63444°N 7.91444°E
Geography
	Monte Mars; Mont Mars Location in the Alps
Location	Piedmont/Aosta Valley, Italy
Parent range	Alpi Biellesi

Last updated June 08, 2024

Monte Mars(in Italian) or Mont Mars(in French), at 2,600 m, is the highest peak of the Biellese Alps, north-western Italy.

Geography

It is located on the water divide between the Lys Valley (Aosta Valley) and the Elvo Valley (Province of Biella). In the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) it gives the name to a mountain group called "Catena Tre Vescovi - Mars".^[3]

Access to the summit

It can be ascended from the south, starting from the Sanctuary of Oropa or, from the North, starting from the Lys Valley. The summit provides a panorama across the plains of the Po Valley and of the Monte Rosa massif.

A classical climbing route reaches the summit following the SSW ridge of the mountain, named Crête de Carisey.^[4]

Mountain huts

Coda Mountain Hut (2,280 m)

Maps

Italian official cartography ( Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: www.pcn.minambiente.it
Province of 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

Media related to Monte Mars at Wikimedia Commons

This article was originally translated from its counterpart on the Italian Wikipedia, specifically from this version.

1 2 Geoportale IGM on www.pcn.minambiente.it
↑ key col: Colle della Vecchia (2,187 m)
↑ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 134. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
↑ Monte Mars - Cresta dei Carisey, web page on www.lovevda.it (access: December 2012)

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

[2] y col: Colle della Vecchia (2,187 m)

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

[4] Monte Mars - Cresta dei Carisey, web page on www.lovevda.it (access: December 2012)

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Monte Mars Mont Mars

Highest point
Elevation	2,600 m (8,500 ft)^[1]
Prominence	413 m (1,355 ft)^[1]^[2]
Isolation	10.53 km (6.54 mi)
Listing	Alpine mountains 2500-2999 m
Coordinates	45°38′04″N7°54′52″E / 45.63444°N 7.91444°E / 45.63444; 7.91444
Geography
Monte Mars Mont Mars Location in the Alps
Location	Piedmont/Aosta Valley, Italy
Parent range	Alpi Biellesi