Monte Mars

Monte Mars (in Italian) or Mont Mars (in French), at 2,600 m, is the highest peak of the Biellese Alps, north-western Italy.

Monte Mars
Mont Mars
Highest point
Elevation2,600 m (8,500 ft)[1]
Prominence413 m (1,355 ft)[1][2]
ListingAlpine mountains 2500-2999 m
Coordinates45°38′04″N 7°54′52″E
Geography
Monte Mars
Mont Mars
Location in the Alps
LocationPiedmont/Aosta Valley, Italy
Parent rangeAlpi Biellesi

Geography

It is located on the water divide between the Lys Valley (Aosta Valley) and the Elvo Valley (Province of Biella). In the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) it gives the name to a mountain group called "Catena Tre Vescovi - Mars".[3]

Access to the summit

Winter view from Aosta Valley

It can be ascended from the south, starting from the Sanctuary of Oropa or, from the North, starting from the Lys Valley. The summit provides a panorama across the plains of the Po Valley and of the Monte Rosa massif.

A classical climbing route reaches the summit following the SSW ridge of the mountain, named Crête de Carisey.[4]

Mountain huts

  • Coda Mountain Hut (2,280 m)

Maps

References

Media related to Monte Mars at Wikimedia Commons

This article was originally translated from its counterpart on the Italian Wikipedia, specifically from this version.
  1. Geoportale IGM on www.pcn.minambiente.it
  2. key col: Colle della Vecchia (2,187  m)
  3. Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 134. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
  4. Monte Mars - Cresta dei Carisey, web page on www.lovevda.it (access: December 2012)
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