Punta Tre Vescovi

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Punta Tre Vescovi
Pointe des Trois-Évêques
Cima Tre Vescovi, Pic des Trois-Évêques
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Highest point
Elevation 2,501 m (8,205 ft) [1]
Prominence 60 m (200 ft)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Coordinates 45°43′31″N7°56′15″E / 45.72528°N 7.93750°E / 45.72528; 7.93750
Geography
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Punta Tre Vescovi
Pointe des Trois-Évêques
Alps
Location Piedmont/Aosta Valley, Italy
Parent range Alpi Biellesi
Climbing
Easiest route from the Mologna Grande Pass

Punta Tre Vescovi (also Cima Tre Vescovi; French: Pointe des Trois-Évêques [2] ) is a peak in the Biellese Prealps, in northern Italy. On its top, three valleys meet: Lys Valley, Valsesia, and Cervo Valley.

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Etymology

Its name (meaning "Peak of the Three Bishops") stems from the fact that the peak is the convergence point of the Catholic dioceses of Biella, Aosta and Vercelli. [3]

Geography

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Winter view from Colma di Biella

In the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) it gives the name to a mountain group called "Catena Tre Vescovi - Mars". [4] The mountain is divided from the neighboring mount Gemelli di Mologna by the Mologna Grande pass. On the Valsesia side (NE) there are three small lakes (Italian : Laghi dei Tre Vescovi), while another one is on the Aosta Valley side (French : Lac du Grekij).

Administratively Punta Tre Vescovi is included in the comuni of Gaby, Rassa and Andorno Micca.

Access to the summit

The summit of the mountain can be reached from Piedicavallo following E60 footpath [5] up to rifugio Alfredo Rivetti. From there the normal route attains the Mologna Grande Pass and then the summit following the mountain SW ridge. The Mologna Grande Pass can also reached on waymarked footpaths from the villages of Gaby (Aosta Valley) or Rassa (province of Vercelli).

Mountain huts

Rifugio Alfredo Rivetti (2,150 m)

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References

  1. Carta dei sentieri della Provincia di Biella 1:25.000, Provincia di Biella, 2004
  2. Carte technique régionale, Région autonome Vallée d'Aoste: Géonavigateur.
  3. Annali (in Italian). Vol. 81–82. Reale Accademia d'agricoltura di Torino. 1937. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  4. Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 134. ISBN   978-88-8068-273-8.
  5. "Punta Tre Vescovi – 2501 m". www.piedicavalloinfo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-10-12.

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