Monte Renoso () is a mountain in the departments of

Haute-Corse Haute-Corse (; , or ; ) is a department of France, consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged with that of Corse-du-Sud on 1 January 2018, forming the single ter ...

and

Corse-du-Sud Corse-du-Sud (; , or ; ) is (as of 2019) an administrative department of France, consisting of the southern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged with that of Haute-Corse on 1 January ...

on the island of

Corsica Corsica ( , , ; ; ) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the Regions of France, 18 regions of France. It is the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the Metro ...

, France. It is the highest peak in the Monte Renoso massif.

Location

The peak of Monte Renoso is on the boundary between the commune of Ghisoni in

and the communes of

Bastelica Bastelica is a Communes of France, commune in the Corse-du-Sud Departments of France, department of France on the island of Corsica. It was the birthplace of Sampiero Corso. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Bastelicais'', ''Bastel ...

and

Bocognano Bocognano (; , ) is a Communes of France, commune located in the Departments of France, department of Corse-du-Sud, on the island of Corsica, France. The village, situated at the south-western side of the climb to the Col de Vizzavona, belongs ...

. The peak is located on the S-shaped backbone of the island. The Punta Bacinello is to the north, the Punta alla Vetta is to the west and the Punta Orlandino is to the south. Lac de Bastani is to the north of the peak, and Lac de Nielluccio is to the east. Lac de Bastiani is a glacier lake that is ice-covered far into the summer.

Physical

Monte Renoso has a prominence of and elevation of . It is isolated by from its nearest higher neighbor, Monte d'Oro, to the north-northwest. Ski runs were established on the lower slopes to the northeast of the summit, but have since been abandoned due to lack of dependable snow. The hike to the top from the north is straightforward, but the hiker has to scale many large granite boulders. Even in summer, the weather on the mountain can be unpredictable.

1962 airplane crash

On the 29th of December 1962, the

Boeing 307 Stratoliner The Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner (or Strato-Clipper in Pan American Airways, Pan American service, or C-75 in United States Army Air Forces, USAAF service) is an American stressed-skin four-engine low-wing Conventional landing gear, tailwheel mo ...

of Air Nautic left

Bastia Bastia ( , , , ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest popu ...

bound for

Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million Ajaccio Ajaccio (, , ; French language, French: ; or ; , locally: ; ) is the capital and largest city of Corsica, France. It forms a communes of France, French commune, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Corse-du-Sud, and head o ...

. Passengers included the men's and women's senior teams of the BBCB, the Bastia basketball club. The plane crashed on Monte Renoso above Ghisoni. None of the 25 passengers and crew survived. Bad weather conditions preventing rescuers from gaining quick access to the crash site.

Gallery

File:Monte Renoso depuis le lac de Bastani.jpg, Monte Renoso from Lac de Bastani File:Monte Renoso Ghisoni.jpg, Monte Renoso from Ghisoni File:Lac de bastani 29 06 2008.jpg, Lac de Bastani with Monte Renoso in background

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Sources

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