Monte Bo (or ''Cima di Bo)'' is a mountain in the Alpi Biellesi, a sub-range of

Pennine Alps The Pennine Alps (german: Walliser Alpen, french: Alpes valaisannes, it, Alpi Pennine, la, Alpes Poeninae), also known as the Valais Alps, are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. They are located in Switzerland (Valais) and Italy ...

Geography

The mountain is located between Sessera and Cervo valleys and is totally included in the

province of Biella The Province of Biella ( it, Provincia di Biella, Piedmontese: ''Provincia ëd Biela'') is a province of Italy located in Piedmont. It was created in 1992 and its capital is the city of Biella. It has an area of , and a total population of 178 5 ...

. It is divided between the

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces ('' province''). The can ...

of Piedicavallo and the mountain

exclave An enclave is a territory (or a small territory apart of a larger one) that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state or entity. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is sometimes used improperly to deno ...

s of Pettinengo, Tavigliano and Valle San Nicolao.

SOIUSA classification

According to the

SOIUSA Alps by SOIUSA. SOIUSA (an acronym for - English: ''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps-ISMSA'') is a proposal for a new classification system of the Alps from the geographic and toponomastic point of view. It was desig ...

(''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') the mountain can be classified in the following way: * main part =

Western Alps The Western Alps are the western part of the Alpine Range including the southeastern part of France (e.g. Savoie), the whole of Monaco, the northwestern part of Italy (i.e. Piedmont and the Aosta Valley) and the southwestern part of Switzerland ...

* major sector = North Western Alps * section =

* subsection = Southern Valsesia Alps * supergroup = Alpi Biellesi * group = Catena Tre Vescovi - Mars * subgroup = Costiera Bo-Cravile-Monticchio * code = I/B-9.IV-A.2.b With an elevation of 2,556 m it's the second highest peak of the

Province of Biella The Province of Biella ( it, Provincia di Biella, Piedmontese: ''Provincia ëd Biela'') is a province of Italy located in Piedmont. It was created in 1992 and its capital is the city of Biella. It has an area of , and a total population of 178 5 ...

after

Monte Mars Monte Mars or Mont Mars , at 2,600 m, is the highest peak of the Biellese Alps, north-western Italy. Geography It is located on the water divide between the Lys Valley (Aosta Valley) and the Elvo Valley (Province of Biella). In the SOIUSA ...

(2,600 m).

Access to the summit

The easiest route for the summit is a long but well marked footpath starting from Montesinaro, a village belonging to Piedicavallo township. Nearby the mountain's top is located ''Bivacco Antoniotti'', an emergency mountain shelter. The summit of the Bo is a well known hiking destination, and since the 19th century it has been celebrated because: * ''It commands a vast and varied panorama of the Alps and plains, which has been engraved by the

Italian Alpine Club 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 fina ...

Maps

* Italian official cartography (''

Istituto Geografico Militare The ''Istituto Geografico Militare'' (IGM), or Military Geographic Institute, is an Italian public organization, dependent on the Italian Army general staff (''Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito''). It is the national mapping agency for Italy. Over ...

'' - IGM); on-line version
www.pcn.minambiente.it
* Provincia di Biella cartography: ''Carta dei sentieri della Provincia di Biella'', 1:25.00

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, 2004; on line version:
webgis.provincia.biella.it
* Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi, 1:50.000 scale, nr. 9 ''Ivrea, Biella e Bassa Valle d'Aosta'',

Istituto Geografico Centrale The Istituto Geografico Centrale (IGC, in English ‘’Central Geographic Institute’’) is a privately owned Italian company based in Turin (Piedmont), known for its guide books and hiking maps mainly concerning the Western Alps and their con ...

- Torino

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bo, monte Mountains of the Biellese Alps Mountains of Piedmont Two-thousanders of Italy