Monte Mongioie

Monte Mongioie
Monte Mongioie
	View of the mountain from Pian Ballaur (West)
Highest point
Elevation	2,631 m (8,632 ft)
Prominence	476 m (1,562 ft)
Isolation	8.05 km (5.00 mi)
Listing	Alpine mountains 2500-2999 m
Coordinates	44°10′27″N7°47′07″E / 44.1741286°N 7.7852760°E
Geography
	Monte Mongioie Location in the Alps
Location	Piemonte, Italy
Parent range	Ligurian Alps
Geology
Type of rock	limestone, dolomite and schists.
Climbing
Easiest route	waymarked hiking route

Last updated August 12, 2024

The Monte Mongioie is a mountain of the Ligurian Alps located in Piedmont (NW Italy).

Toponymy

The mountain was once known also as Cima Rascaira, and appears with this name in the official map of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861) printed in 1852.^[3] It is also referenced as Raschera, which is the name of a lake, of alpine pasture at the foot of the mountain and of the typical cheese of the area.^[4] Due to its isolation the summit offers a very good view on a wide stretch of the Western Alps.^[3]

Geography

The mountain is the tripoint where the valleys of Tanaro (south), Ellero (NW) and Corsaglia (NE) meet.^[5] Westwards the north water divide of Tanaro Valley continues heading to the Cima delle Saline, while eastwards it connects Monte Mongioie with Monte Rotondo and Pizzo d'Ormea through a pass named Bocchino dell’Aseo (2,295 m). The Corsaglia/Ellero ridge branching out from Monte Mongioie heads North towards the Po Plain.

SOIUSA classification

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:^[6]

main part = Western Alps
major sector = South Western Alps
section = Ligurian Alps
subsection = It:Alpi del Marguareis/Fr:Alpes Liguriennes Occidentales
supergroup = It:Catena Marguareis-Mongioie/Fr:Chaîne Marguareis-Mongioie
group =It:Gruppo Mongioie-Mondolè
subgroup = It:nodo del Mongioie
code = I/A-1.II-B.4.a

Geology

Monte Mongioie summit and western slopes are made of tabular, marmoreal limestone, dating back to Jurassic; on its eastern part also emerge Triassic layers of dolomitic limestone, located in a belt oriented from North to South passing through the Bocchino dell'Aseo. On the sub-vertical cliffs near the summit and on the SW ridge of MOnte Mongioie can be noticed blackish schistose limestones, fine-grained grey dolomite and red and yellow schists.^[2]

Access to the summit

Summer

The normal route to the Mongioie requires some hiking experience but not alpinistic skills.^[3] The summit can be accessed by a waymarked itinerary from Viozene (in the comune of Ormea) passing through a mountain hut named Rifugio Mongioie (1.555 m), and then following by a large footpath up to Pian dell'Olio. From there a gully called Canale delle Scaglie leads to the Bocchino dell'Aseo, a mountain pass on the Tanaro-Corsaglia water divide. The last part of the ascent runs up the western ridge of the mountain.^[3]

Winter

The mountain is also accessible in winter by ski mountaineers from Viozene^[7] or Artesina.^[8]

Mountain huts

Rifugio Mongioie (Tanaro valley),
Rifugio Havis De Giorgio (Ellero valley),
Cavallero bivuac (Corsaglia valley).

Maps

Cartografia ufficiale italiana in scala 1:25.000 e 1:100.000 (Map). Istituto Geografico Militare.
Carta in scala 1:50.000 n. 8 Alpi Marittime e Liguri (Map). Torino: Istituto Geografico Centrale.
Carta dei sentieri e stradale scala 1:25.000 n. 22 Mondovì Val Ellero Val Maudagna Val Corsaglia Val Casotto (Map). Ciriè: Fraternali editore.

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References

↑ 1:25.000 map nr.16 "Val Vermenagna Valle Pesio Alta val Ellero Parco naturale del Marguareis" (Map). Ciriè: Fraternali.
1 2 "Carta Geologica d'Italia scala 1:100.000 - foglio 91 - Boves". Apat.gov.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2012-03-14.
1 2 3 4 "Provincia di Cuneo - monte Mongioie" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2007-02-23. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
↑ Donnelly, Catherine (2016). "Raschera". The Oxford Companion to Cheese. Oxford University Press. p. 606. ISBN 9780199330898 . Retrieved 2020-01-01.
↑ Carta in scala 1:50.000 n. 8 Alpi Marittime e Liguri (Map). Torino: Istituto Geografico Centrale.
↑ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
↑ "Mongioie (Monte) da Viozene" (in Italian). Gulliver.it. 2010-04-28. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
↑ "Mongioie (Monte) da Artesina" (in Italian). Gulliver.it. 2011-04-13. Retrieved 2020-01-01.

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[frat-1] 1:25.000 map nr.16 "Val Vermenagna Valle Pesio Alta val Ellero Parco naturale del Marguareis" (Map). Ciriè: Fraternali.

[geologica-2] 1 2 "Carta Geologica d'Italia scala 1:100.000 - foglio 91 - Boves". Apat.gov.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2012-03-14.

[provcn-3] 1 2 3 4 "Provincia di Cuneo - monte Mongioie" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2007-02-23. Retrieved 2008-11-04.

[4] Donnelly, Catherine (2016). "Raschera". The Oxford Companion to Cheese. Oxford University Press. p. 606. ISBN 9780199330898 . Retrieved 2020-01-01.

[5] Carta in scala 1:50.000 n. 8 Alpi Marittime e Liguri (Map). Torino: Istituto Geografico Centrale.

[6] Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.

[7] "Mongioie (Monte) da Viozene" (in Italian). Gulliver.it. 2010-04-28. Retrieved 2020-01-01.

[8] "Mongioie (Monte) da Artesina" (in Italian). Gulliver.it. 2011-04-13. Retrieved 2020-01-01.

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