Cima Cars

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

Cima Cars
The summit from Ellero Valley
Highest point
Elevation2,218 m (7,277 ft)[1]
Prominence183 m (600 ft)[2][1]
Coordinates44°13′11″N 7°42′12″E
Geography
Cima Cars is located in Alps
Cima Cars
Cima Cars
Location in the Alps
LocationPiemonte, Italy
Parent rangeLigurian Alps
Climbing
First ascentancestral
Easiest routehiking

Geography
Summit of Cima Cars

The mountain stands on the ridge dividing the valleys of Ellero and Pesio. Is located between Colletto Pellerina (2.017 m, North) and Colle di Serpentera (2.035 m, South). Westwards from its summit starts a third ridge which divides two tributary valleys of the Pesio, vallone Serpentera (S) and vallone del Funtanin; on this ridge, close to a saddle at 1.985 m and a summit of 2.030 m, stands the Punta Bartivolera (1.957 m).[3] The topographic prominence of Cima Cars is of 183 m, as results from the drop in height between the summit (2.218 m) and Colle di Serpentera (2.035 m), its key col. Some summit crosses stand on subsummits of Cima Cars located on its Ellero valley side.

SOIUSA classification

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:[4]

  • 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 del Marguareis
  • subgroup = It:Dorsale Serpentera-Cars
  • code = I/A-1.II-B.2.b

Geology

The area where the mountain stands is of karstic nature. The name Cars itself is linked to this geological feature,[5] as other toponyms of the Ligurian Alps like as Le Carsene, Sella del Cars, Monte Carsino etc.[6]

Access to the summit

Cima Cars con be reached by a waymarked foothpath starting from Pian delle Gorre (Pesio valley),[7] or from the Ellero valley, in this case starting from Ponte Murato (Pian Marchisio).[8]

The mountain is also a classical destination for Ski mountaineering, considered quite engaging (BS - good skiers - difficulty).[9]

Mountain huts
  • Rifugio Pian delle Gorre (1.023 m).

Conservation

The western slopes of the mountain, facing the Pesio Valley, are part of the Natural Park of Marguareis, a nature reserve established by Regione Piemonte.

References
  1. Fraternali & 1:25.000 map nr.16.
  2. Key col: Colle di Serpentera(2.035 m)
  3. CAI-TCI, p. 371.
  4. Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 64. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
  5. AA.VV. (Comitato per le onoranze al Prof. G. Gola) (1947). Lavori di botanica. Volume pubblicato in occasione del 70 ̊genetliaco del Prof. Giuseppe Gola (in Italian). Rosenberg & Sellier. p. 211. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  6. Industria Tipografica Romana, 1939 (1939). Memorie della Società geologica italiana (in Italian). Vol. 2. p. 118. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  7. andrea81 (6 June 2010). "Cars (Cima) da Pian delle Gorre per il Vallone Serpentera" (in Italian). gulliver.it. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  8. Chiaretta, Furio; Ceragioli, Filippo; Molino, Aldo (2006). "La Cima Cars (2218)". A piedi in Piemonte (in Italian). Vol. 1. Subiaco. Iter edizioni. pp. 238–239. ISBN 88-8177-115-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. "Cars (Cima) da Madonna d'Ardua per il Vallone Serpentera" (in Italian). gulliver.it. 22 May 2008. Retrieved 2020-07-02.

Bibliography
  • Sergio Marazzi, Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA. Pavone Canavese (TO), Priuli & Verlucca editori, 2005.
  • Montagna, Euro; Montaldo, Lorenzo (1981). Alpi Liguri. Guida dei Monti d'Italia (in Italian). CAI-TCI.

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