Monte San Giorgio (Cottian Alps)

Monte San Giorgio
Monte San Giorgio
	The mountain as seen from the plain
Highest point
Elevation	837 m (2,746 ft)
Prominence	124 m (407 ft)
Isolation	0.37 km (0.23 mi)
Coordinates	44°59′50″N7°26′52″E / 44.9973398°N 7.4478012°E Coordinates: 44°59′50″N7°26′52″E / 44.9973398°N 7.4478012°E
Geography
	Monte San Giorgio Location in Italy
Location	Piedmont, Italy
Parent range	Cottian Alps
Climbing
First ascent	ancestral
Easiest route	hiking from Piossasco

Last updated December 31, 2022

The Monte San Giorgio is a mountain in the Cottian Alps, Metropolitan City of Turin in Piedmont, north-western Italy. It is located in the comune of Piossasco.^[1]

Features

The mountain overlooks the centre of Piossasco and belongs to the North flank of the Chisola valley. On its summit three ridges meet: the Eastern one goes down to the saddle Colle della Serva, then regains elevation with the Rôcàs (825 m) and connects the mountain with the Montagnazza and the rest of the Alpine chain; the brief North and South ridges divide the flat area where the centre of Piosasco lies from the Chisola valley (South) and from the short valley drained by a stream named Bealera di Piossasco. On the summit of Monte San Giorgio stands a tall summit cross, a small shelter devoted to the memory of Lorenzo Nicola, an Italian officer who died in Russia in 1943 and awarded with the Gold Medal of Military Valour,^[3] and the Saint George's Middle ages church.^[4]

Geology

The rocks which form the mountain belong to the Ultrabasic Lanzo massif, a geologic formation of an extremely deep origin. Its prevailing rocks are peridotites, very rich in magnesium and which strongly influence the soil chemistry of the area, and thus its vegetation.^[5]

Access to the summit

Pedestrian access

The shortest hiking way to attain the mountain is the footpath which starts from "Tre castelli" (Piossasco) and, after crossing a place named "Croce dei Castelli" (450 m), reaches the summit through its sunny South ridge.^[6] Another footpath connects Piossasco with Monte San Giorgio through the small church of San Valeriano, and can be used on the way back in order to form an hiking loop. Other hiking itineraries cross the mountain; among them the David Bertrand footpath, devoted to the memory of a young volunteer fireman fallen on duty during a wood-fire.^[7]

Mountain bike

By mountain bike, also starting from Piossasco, the summit can be reached following a dirt road which passes close to the small church of San Valeriano and, after crossing the NE slopes of he mountain, reaches its summit the colle della Serva (728 m) and, after some hairpins, the summit of Monte San Giorgio.^[8]

Winter access

During snowy winters the summit can be reached with snow shoes ^[9]

Maps

6 - Pinerolese Val Sangone, 1:25.000 scale, publisher: Fraternali, Ciriè
17 - Torino Pinerolo e Bassa Val di Susa, 1:50.000 scale, publisher: IGC - Istituto Geografico Centrale, Torino

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References

Media related to Monte San Giorgio (Cottian Alps) at Wikimedia Commons

1 2 Carta Tecnica Regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0) published by the Regione Piemonte, year 2007
↑ Monte San Giorgio, Italy at Peakbagger.com
↑ "Monte San Giorgio" (in Italian). peveradasnc.it. 8 November 2008. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
↑ "Insediamento romanico del Monte San Giorgio" (in Italian). FAI . Retrieved 2022-07-19.
↑ AA.VV. (2010). "Geomorfologia del parco". Monte San Giorgio (in Italian). Torino: Hapax.
↑ Ferreri, Eugenio (1982). Alpi Cozie Centrali (in Italian). San Donato Milanese: CAI and TCI. p. 348.
↑ Filippo Ceragioli (3 January 2022). "Da San Vito al Monte San Giorgio" (in Italian). mountainhall.it. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
↑ "Mountain bike Piemonte - A due passi da Torino - Monte San Giorgio" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2019-12-31. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
↑ "Al monte San Giorgio con la neve passando dalla cresta est" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2019-12-31. Retrieved 2022-07-19.

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[CTR-1] 1 2 Carta Tecnica Regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0) published by the Regione Piemonte, year 2007

[2] Monte San Giorgio, Italy at Peakbagger.com

[3] "Monte San Giorgio" (in Italian). peveradasnc.it. 8 November 2008. Retrieved 2022-07-19.

[4] "Insediamento romanico del Monte San Giorgio" (in Italian). FAI . Retrieved 2022-07-19.

[lipark-5] AA.VV. (2010). "Geomorfologia del parco". Monte San Giorgio (in Italian). Torino: Hapax.

[CAI_TCI-6] Ferreri, Eugenio (1982). Alpi Cozie Centrali (in Italian). San Donato Milanese: CAI and TCI. p. 348.

[MountainHall-7] Filippo Ceragioli (3 January 2022). "Da San Vito al Monte San Giorgio" (in Italian). mountainhall.it. Retrieved 2022-07-19.

[8] "Mountain bike Piemonte - A due passi da Torino - Monte San Giorgio" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2019-12-31. Retrieved 2022-07-19.

[9] "Al monte San Giorgio con la neve passando dalla cresta est" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2019-12-31. Retrieved 2022-07-19.

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