Monte Antola (in Ligurian ''munte Antua'') is a mountain in

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, northern

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, part of the

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Geography

The mountain is located between the provinces of

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and

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. It lies at an altitude of 1597 metres.''L'Area Protetta'', web-page o
www.parks.it
/ref> Close to the summit is located the ''Rifugio Parco Antola'', a mountain hut built by the ''Ente Parco'' and managed by the

Club Alpino Italiano The Club Alpino Italiano is the senior Italian alpine club which stages climbing competitions, operates alpine huts, marks and maintains paths, and is active in protecting the Alpine environment. It was founded in Turin in 1863 by the then fin ...

. It can accommodate up to 32 hikers or alpinists.

Access to the summit

Several footpaths meet on mount Antola starting from the surrounding valleys. Among them can be cited: *the route from ''Bavastrelli'' (

Propata Propata () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about northeast of Genoa. The parish church of St. Lawrence houses a wooden statue by Anton Maria Maragliano Anton Maria Maragli ...

), which reaches the summit in a couple of hours passing near the new mountain hut built by the natural park; *the route from ''Caprile'', another village of

municipality, which after the saddle near

Monte delle Tre Croci Monte delle Tre Croci is a mountain on the border between Liguria and Piedmont, northern Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian P ...

reaches the summit following the

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water divide. It takes around 2.30 hours' walking; *the route from

Crocefieschi Crocefieschi () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about northeast of Genoa. Crocefieschi borders the following municipalities: Busalla Busalla is a ''comune'' (municipality ...

, through the Incisa pass, demanding more than 4 hours of walk; *the route from

Torriglia Torriglia () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located in the upper Trebbia valley, about northeast of Genoa. Torriglia borders the following municipalities: Davagna, Lorsica, Luma ...

through

monte Carmo Monte Carmo is a mountain in the Ligurian Apennine, northern Italy. Geography The mountain is located at the boundary between the three regions of Liguria, Piedmont and Emilia-Romagna. With an altitude of ,''Appennino ligure e tosco-emiliano ...

(around 3 hours).

Conservation

The southern side of the mountain since 1989 is included in the

Parco naturale regionale dell'Antola The Antola Natural Regional Park (in Italian ''Parco naturale regionale dell'Antola'') is a natural park in Metropolitan City of Genoa (Liguria, Italy). It gets the name from the highest mountain of the area, Monte Antola. History The natural ...

References

Mountains of Liguria Mountains of Piedmont One-thousanders of Italy Mountains of the Apennines {{Liguria-geo-stub