238 Mountain Peaks to Explore in Italy

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Mountain Peaks to Explore in Italy

Glacier de Bionnassay

The Bionnassay glacier is a French glacier located in the Mont-Blanc massif, which descends from the Bionnassay needle. It covers 4.73 km 2 and is 5 km long. It is accessed by the Mont-Blanc tramway, to the Nid d'Aigle station, then by a path. The French Bionnassay glacier should not be confused with the Italian Bionnassay glacier, which is a “tributary” of the Miage glacier.

Gnifetti Hut

The Giovanni Gnifetti hut is a refuge located in the municipality of Gressoney-La-Trinité, on the Valle d'Aosta side of Monte Rosa, in the Pennine Alps, at 3647 m asl. The refuge has 176 beds and is open, with overnight stay and restaurant service, from Easter to September. As long as there was the Bocchetta delle Pisse - Punta Indren cable car, hikers preferred to use this ski lift to avoid the Stolemberg section, which extended the excursion by about 2 hours.

Gran Paradiso

The Gran Paradiso, highest mountain, 13,323 ft, entirely within Italy and the culminating point of the Graian Alps. It includes a large territory of high mountains, from the 800 meters of the valley bottoms to the 4,061 meters of Gran Paradiso peak. Larch and fir woodlands, wide alpine grasslands, rocks, and glaciers make up an ideal setting for the life of a rich and various wildlife and for a visit leading to the discovery of the wonderful world of the high mountains.

Gran Paradiso massif

The Gran Paradiso Massif is a mountain massif of the Graian Alps, consisting of the Gran Paradiso and a large part of the Gran Paradiso Alps, which is located entirely in Italian territory, straddling the Valle d'Aosta and Piedmont, east of the Grande Sassière and Rutor Alps, south-west of the Emilius-Tersiva chain. The southern section extends as far as Piedmont until it reaches the Colle del Nivolet.

Grivola

The Grivola is a mountain of the Gran Paradiso massif, in Graian, high 3,969 m above sea level. It is located along the divide between Valsavarenche and Val di Cogne in Valle d'Aosta between the villages of Cogne, Valsavarenche, and Aymavilles. It is the third-highest in the Gran Paradiso massif. A nice trekking destination and also this peak offers the best panoramic views of this area.

Gruppo montuoso di Monte Ocre-Monte Cagno

The Monte Ocre-Monte Cagno mountain range is a short internal mountain ridge of the central Apennine of Abruzzo , located in Abruzzo , in the province of L'Aquila , within the Sirente-Velino chain and the homonymous Sirente-Velino regional natural park. The typical aspect of this ridge is that it is totally devoid of vegetation on the south-west side and almost completely bare even on the north-east side with greater height difference.

Haunold

The Haunold is a mountain in the Sesto Dolomites. It is the highest peak in the Haunold group and is located south of Innichen in South Tyrol. It has several peaks: the main summit is 2966 m slm high, the east summit 2907 m, the west summit 2933 m, and the south summit 2860 m. The four peaks of the Haunold are separated from the Birkenkofel massif in the south by the Birkenscharte.

Helm

Mount Elmo is a mountain in the Carnic Alps, on the border between ' Italy and the' Austria, in one of the few areas where the political boundary goes far beyond the watershed of Alps. The physical border passes, in fact, from the saddle of Dobbiaco, but in 1919 for military reasons the basin of San Candido and the valley of the Rio Sesto were attributed to Italy. Mount Elmo is the largest ski area in Alta Pusteria. It is also part of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo ski area and therefore of the Dolom

Hochpustertal

The eastern part of the Pustertal located on the upper reaches of the Drau is often referred to as Hochpustertal . The term is not precisely defined. On the South Tyrolean side, the section between Niederdorf and the Italian-Austrian border , including the side valleys of Sexten and Braies , is usually included in the Hochpustertal, in East Tyrol the further course from Sillian to Lienz .

Jôf di Montasio

The Jôf Montasio is the third highest mountain Friuli-Venezia Giulia after Coglians and Crete of Chianevate and the highest of the Alps Giulie Italians 2,754 m high, located in the province of Udine , inside theJôf Fuârt-Montasio chain is between the territories of the municipalities of Chiusaforte , Dogna , Malborghetto Valbruna and Tarvisio. One of the nice trekking destination and also you can spend a nice time here.

Jôf Fuart

Jôf Fuart is a mountain in Italy, with an elevation of 2663 meters and is the second-highest peak in the western Julian Alps after Jôf di Montasio. Because of the steepness of its slopes on all sides, Jôf Fuart is a mountain for experienced climbers. It was one of the nice trekking destinations and also you can spend a nice time there.

Kolovrat Range

The Mount Colovrat is a mountain range located in the extreme eastern part of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia, in the municipality of Drenchia, on the border with the Republic of Slovenia. The Colovrat ridge is composed of a series of reliefs that extend for about four kilometers, from Mount Cucco to Mount Poclabuz, and divides the Natisone Valleys from the Isonzo Valley.

Kronplatz

The Plan de Corones is a mountain in the South-Eastern Alps 2,275 m above sea level. A panoramic site that offers a wide view of the surrounding mountains, from the Dolomites to the peaks of the Alps in Val Venosta, the related ski resort is part of the Dolomiti Superski area. In July 2015, one of the "MMM" museums ( Messner Mountain Museum ) was inaugurated on the summit, commissioned by the South Tyrolean mountaineer Reinhold Messner.

La Sila

La Sila is a vast plateau of southern Italy, located in the central-northern area of ​​the Calabria region, which extends for 150,000 hectares (it is the largest plateau in Europe ) through the provinces of Cosenza, Crotone, and Catanzaro, divided from north to south into Sila Greca, Sila Grande and Sila Piccola and characterized by the presence of various mountain peaks, plateaus, densely wooded areas, and high-sea artificial lakes.

La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary

The Sanctuary is located on Mount Penna above Chiusi Della Verna in the province of Arezzo. This place is famous because it is St. Francis who lived here. It is today one of the places where St. Francis is venerated and even on a short visit, you can get a sense of its artistic cultural, historical, and religious interest. Built-in the southern part of Mount Penna at 1,128 meters and it is home to numerous chapels and places of prayer and meditation.

Langkofel

Langkofel is the main peak of the massif of the same name, placed between the Val Gardena and Val di Fassa, in the Dolomites. The mountain looks like a series of peaks that stretch for about a kilometer from north-west to south-east. With a cable car from the Sella pass, you can reach the Sassolungo saddle at 2,681 meters and the Toni Demetz refuge, starting point for various excursions.

Latemar

The Latemar is a Dolomite mountain group that extends between the provinces of Trento and Bolzano, in Trentino-Alto Adige / Südtirol. The Dolomites system " Sciliar - Catinaccio and Latemar" is one of the nine places belonging to the site "The Dolomites" declared in 2009 a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Latemar is one of the most famous Dolomite groups in the world, as its superb north face is reflected in the enchanting Lake Carezza in hundreds of postcards

Marmolada

The Marmolada is a mountain group of the Eastern Alps on the border between the province of Trento and the province of Belluno, the highest of the Dolomites themselves, reaching the maximum altitude with Punta Penia, bounded to the east by the Val Pettorina and to the west by the Val di Fassa, with other important valleys inside the group that are Val Contrin , Val di Grepa, and Val San Nicolò. One of the nice trekking destinations and also a picturesque viewpoint.

Martell

Martello is an Italian town of 831 inhabitants, in the Val Martello , side of the Val Venosta, in the autonomous province of Bolzano. It belongs, along with 12 other municipalities in the district of Val Venosta. Val Martello, about 24 km long, crossed by the Plima stream is a side valley of the Val Venosta, entirely included in the Stelvio National Park.

Massiccio del Sirino

The Sirino massif is a mountainous massif of Basilicata which includes some of the major peaks of the southern Apennines: Monte Papa, Cima De Lorenzo, Timpa Scazzariddo, and Monte Sirino, representing the extreme southern offshoot of the Appennino Lucano Val d'Agri Lagonegrese National Park. A good location for a nature walk and also you can explore vast varieties of flora and fauna too.

Map of Mountain Peaks to explore in Italy