Cima delle Guardie (''Sima dle Guardie'' in

Piedmontese Piedmontese ( ; autonym: or ; ) is a language spoken by some 2,000,000 people mostly in Piedmont, a region of Northwest Italy. Although considered by most linguists a separate language, in Italy it is often mistakenly regarded as an Italian ...

) is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...

Piedmont Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the ...

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

, with an elevation of . It is located in the

Biellese Alps The Biellese Alps (''Alpi Biellesi'' or ''Prealpi Biellesi'' in Italian) are a sub-range of the Pennine Alps located between Piemonte and Aosta Valley (Italy). Etymology ''Alpi Biellesi'' literally means ''Alps of Biellese''; ''Biellese'' is th ...

, in the

Province of Biella The province of Biella (; Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ''provincia ëd Biela'') is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Piedmont region of Italy. It was created in 1992 and its capital is the city of Biella. Culture Biella is home to th ...

.Oasi Zegna
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Val Sessera Sessera Valley (in Italian ''Valle Sessera'') is a valley in north-east of Piedmont in the Province of Biella, Italy. Etymology The valley takes its name from the river Sessera, a right-hand tributary of the Sesia which flows through the valley. ...

and the

Valle Cervo Cervo Valley (in Italian ''Valle Cervo'' or ''Valle di Andorno'', in Piedmontese ''Val d'Andorn'', in Walser German ''Bürsch'') is a valley in north-east of Piedmont in the Province of Biella, Italy. Etymology The valley takes its name from Ce ...

, in the territory of

Campiglia Cervo Campiglia Cervo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 176 and an area of .All demog ...

(western side) and

Valdilana Valdilana is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont. Geography Valdilana is located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Biella. It borders the following municipalities: Bioglio, Camand ...

(eastern side). The peak is at the junction of three

ridge A ridge is a long, narrow, elevated geomorphologic landform, structural feature, or a combination of both separated from the surrounding terrain by steep sides. The sides of a ridge slope away from a narrow top, the crest or ridgecrest, wi ...

s: one descends to the north-east towards the Val Sessera; one joins the peak to the

Cima del Bonom Cima del Bonom (''Sima dël Bonòm'' in Piedmontese) is a mountain of Piedmont, Italy, with an elevation of . It is located in the Biellese Alps, in the Province of Biella. It lies between the Val Sessera and the Valle Cervo, in the territory of ...

, to the south; one joins the Cima delle Guardie to the Punta del Cravile, to the north-west. The peak can be reached on foot from Bocchetto Sessera or from Forgnengo, a hamlet of Campiglia Cervo.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cima delle Guardie Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Piedmont