Crissolo
Crissolo is a high alpine village with 162 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2012) in the Italian province of Cuneo (CN ), Region Piedmont. It is located on the top near the Valle Po Po sources, about 60 km southwest of Turin.
She is a member of Mountain Community Comunità Montana Valli Po, Bronda e Infernotto, which was expanded in 2008 to the Comunità Montana Valli Po, Bronda, Infernotto e Varaita since 2006.
Geography
Crissolo lies about 1300 m above sea level in the high-altitude part of the Po Valley, about 7 km as the crow flies from the sources of the Po in the Cozie Alps.
Crissolo was laid out on the sunnier north side of the valley. From the river comes up the Via Po Valley ( State Road 662), which leads from the east of Saluzzo ( edge of the Po Valley ) to Paesana, the main town in the mountain valley.
The municipality covers an area of 48 km ². Borders the following municipalities:
- Oncino and Ostana downstream of the Po Valley;
- Bagnolo Piemonte, Bobbio Pellice and Villar Pellice in the northern parallel valley Val Pellice;
- Pontechianale in southern Valle Varaita and Ristolas in France.
Tourism
The valley of the Po Valley is the best starting point to the highest peak of the Cozie Alps, the rock pyramid of Monte Viso ( Monviso, 3,841 m) .. For their ascent accessible from Crissolo of two huts: the Rifugio Quintino Sella ( 2640m ) at Lago Grande di Viso and the Rifugio Mont Viso ( 2460m ).
A 2- day mountain tour is the Giro del Viso, the - partly on the French side ( Bergerie du Grand Vallon ) - to the giant mountains around leads to Rifugio Vallanta ( 2450m ) above the southern neighboring valley Valle Varaita.
The most popular hike from Crissolo from leading to a 6 km distant sources of the Po, where lead several walks west to the three thousand on the French border, about Punta Venezia ( 3095m ), Punta Udine and Punta Roma ( 3070m ), or Monte Granero ( 3170m ). Below the former peak is the refuge Rifugio Vitale Giacoletti ( 2741m ).
Smaller mountain trails leading to the nearby Monte Tivoli (~ 2000 m ) in the south Crissolos on the results of Oncino also a mountain road, and the Monte Grane ( 2,318 m) in the southwest. From here it continues to O.E. Lago Grande di Viso on the eastern flank of Monviso. Some other lakes are accessible on rising from the Poquelle ago.
For the development of winter sports new ski lifts were built, about the oe Monte Grane ( 2,318 m) and the Pian Regina ( 1745 m). Thus, the migration of the inhabitants of the valley to be stopped.