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Monte I Gemelli

Coordinates: 45°43′03″N 7°55′43″E / 45.7174472°N 7.9287162°E / 45.7174472; 7.9287162
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Monte I Gemelli
Les Jumeaux de Mologne
Gemelli di Mologna
Highest point
Elevation2,476 m (8,123 ft)[1]
Prominence120 m (390 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Coordinates45°43′03″N 7°55′43″E / 45.7174472°N 7.9287162°E / 45.7174472; 7.9287162
Geography
Monte I Gemelli Les Jumeaux de Mologne is located in Alps
Monte I Gemelli Les Jumeaux de Mologne
Monte I Gemelli
Les Jumeaux de Mologne
Location in the Alps
LocationProvince of Biella / Aosta Valley, Italy
Parent rangeAlpi Biellesi
Climbing
Easiest routeHiking from the Piedicavallo

The Monte I Gemelli (or Gemelli di Mologna; French: Les Jumeaux de Mologne[2]) is an Alpine mountain located between Aosta Valley and Piedmont (NW Italy).

Toponymy

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Literally Italian: Gemelli di Mologna and French: Jumeaux de Mologne means Twins of Mologna/Mologne, where the Mologna/Mologne is a stream tributary of the river Cervo. Twins refers to the fact that the mountain has a subsummit almost of the same elevation of its main summit.[3]

Geography

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The mountain from Valmosca (Campiglia Cervo)

The mountain belongs to the Biellese Alps, a sub-range of Pennine Alps; the Colle della Mologna Grande, a pass at 2,356  m, divides it from the Punta Tre Vescovi, and the Colle della Mologna Piccola (2,208  m) from the nearby Punte Serange. The Gemelli di Mologna are located between the Lys and the Cervo valleys.[1]

SOIUSA classification

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

Access to the summit

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Aosta valley face of the mountain as seen from the Punta/Pointe Lazoney.

On the Gemelli di Mologna were opened some of the best known climbing routes of the Biellese.

The hiking route follows the ridge connecting the summit with the Italian: Colle della Mologna Piccola / French: col de la Petite Mologne; this mountain pass can be easily reached by a large and stone paved footpath from Piedicavallo or from the Lys Valley.[3] On the Cervo-Lys water divide also runs the Alta Via delle Alpi Biellesi, a long semi-alpinistic itinerary.[5]

Mountain huts

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Maps

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Bibliography

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  • Giancarlo Regis, Renza Piana Regis (1981). Nuova guida alle Alpi biellesi (in Italian). Biella: libreria V.Giovannacci.
  • Alessandro Castello; Elio Protto; Sandro Zoia (2013). Alpi biellesi e valsesiane. Guida dei Monti d'Italia (in Italian). Milano: CAI / TCI.

References

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  1. ^ a b Carta dei sentieri della Provincia di Biella 1:25.000, Provincia di Biella, year 2004
  2. ^ Carte technique régionale, Région autonome Vallée d'Aoste: Géonavigateur.
  3. ^ a b Ceragioli, Filippo; Molino, Aldo (2008). A piedi in Piemonte (in Italian). Vol. 2. Subiaco: Iter Edizioni. pp. 234–236. ISBN 978-88-8177-122-6.
  4. ^ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 134. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
  5. ^ Alta Via delle Alpi Biellesi, see www.montagnabiellese.com Archived 2012-04-10 at the Wayback Machine

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