Monte Colombano

Monte Colombano (in Piedmontese mont Colombon ) is a mountain in the Alpi di Lanzo, a sub-group of the Graian Alps, with an elevation of 1,658 m.

Monte Colombano
Mont Colombon (in Piedmontese)
The summit of Monte Colombano
Highest point
Elevation1,658 m (5,440 ft)[1][2]
Prominence346 m (1,135 ft)[1]
Isolation6.21 km (3.86 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
Coordinates45°11′59″N 7°25′53″E
Geography
Monte Colombano is located in Alps
Monte Colombano
Monte Colombano
Location in the Alps
LocationProvince of Turin, Italy
Parent rangeGraian Alps
Climbing
Easiest routeHiking from Colle Lunella

Geography
1899: hikers on the summit (photo by Mario Gabinio)

The mountain is located between the Val Casternone, the Val di Viù and the Ceronda valley and is the tripoint in which the communes of Viù, Varisella and Val della Torre (all in the Metropolitan City of Turin) meet.

SOIUSA classification

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:[3]

  • main part = Western Alps
  • major sector = North Western Alps
  • section = Graian Alps
  • subsection = Southern Graian Alps
  • supergroup = catena Rocciamelone-Charbonel
  • group = gruppo del Rocciamelone
  • subgroup = cresta Lunella-Arpone
  • code = I/B-7.I-A.2.b

Geology

Like others mountains of its area, the monte Colombano too is mainly made of lherzolitic rocks, partially turned into serpentinite.[4]

Access to the summit
The summit's cairn

The easiest route for the summit is a footpath starting from colle Lunella (a mountain pass which connects Viù and Val della Torre), and follows the SW face of the mountain. The pass can be easily reached from the Colle del Lis.[5] or from Val della Torre, but from the latter starting point the climb is longer. During very snowy winters, and when the snow cover is stable, the summit can also be accessed with snowshoes.[6]

Maps
Winter view from Monte Arpone

Notes
  1. Geoportale IGM on www.pcn.minambiente.it
  2. key col: Colle del Lis (1,311  m)
  3. Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 134. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
  4. S. Franchi (1890). "Anomalie della declinazione magnetica in rapporto con grandi masse serpentinose". Bollettino del Servizio geologico d'Italia (in Italian). Vol. 21. Servizio geologico d'Italia. p. 11. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  5. "Colombano (Monte) dal Colle del Lys". gulliver.it. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  6. "Colombano (Monte) dal Colle del Lys" (in Italian). gulliver.it. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
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