Monte Viso

Monte Viso in the winter - from Italy

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The Monte Viso (also: Monviso, okzitan VISOL, piedmont: .. El Viso ) is a three-thousand in the Cozie Alps, northwestern Italy near the border with France. The mountain is the southernmost mountain in the Alps over 3500 meters and the highest peak of the Cozie Alps. It towers above all the surrounding mountains about 500 meters and is therefore visible from afar. At the foot of Monte Viso, the headwaters of the Po lies.

The normal route, which leads to the summit on the south side, can be reached from the east ( Italy) from point of origin Crissolo in the upper Po valley about ' Pian del Re ' and the Quintino Sella hut on the lake Lago Grande di Viso ( 2640 m). From the West ( France) to reach the normal route on the Refuge Vallanta. A base for climbing on the normal route is the Bivouac Boarelli (also Biv. Forciolline ), from which you reach the top in 3-4 hours.

The first ascent was made on August 30, 1861 by Michel Croz, Jean Baptiste Croz, William Mathews and Jacomb Frederik.

The Monviso is surrounded by hiking Giro di Viso, who also leads through the tunnel Buco di Viso.

Monte Viso in the literature

The summit was described by Virgil in the Aeneid, Divine later in Dante's Divine Comedy and Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.