Colma Di Mombarone
Etymology
The name comes from the Piedmontese language: Colma is a term used in the northern Piedmont to refer to a pass or a high place, while Mombarone is the italianisation of the piedmontese Monbaron, where mon means mount and baron means heap or pile.
Geography
The mountain is located between the Dora Baltea and Cervo valleys, on the border between the Province of Turin and the province of Biella, both in Piemonte region. Administratively it is divided between the comunes of Settimo Vittone (in the province of Turin), Donato and Graglia (both in the province of Biella).
SOIUSA classification
According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:
- main part = Western Alps
- major sector = North Western Alps
- section = Pennine Alps
- subsection = Southern Valsesia Alps
- supergroup = Alpi Biellesi
- group = Catena Tre Vescovi - Mars
- subgroup =
- code = I/B-9.IV-A.1
Access to the summit
The easiest routes to the summit are two long but well marked footpaths, one starting from San Giacomo di Andrate (TO) and another from San Carlo di Graglia (BI); both of them converge on the southern ridge of the mountain. Near the mountain's summit, at 2,312 m, there is a permanent mountain hut, the Rifugio Mombarone.
Maps
- Italian official cartography (Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: www.pcn.minambiente.it
- Provincia di Biella cartography: Carta dei sentieri della Provincia di Biella, 1:25.00 scale, 2004; on line version: webgis.provincia.biella.it Archived 2019-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
References
- ^ Geoportale IGM on www.pcn.minambiente.it
- ^ key col: Colle della Lace (2,121 m)
- ^ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 134. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
- ^ Guida alle Alpi biellesi, Giancarlo Regis e Renza Piana Regis, libreria Vittorio Giovannacci, Biella 1981