The Monte Zeda is a mountain in the

Lepontine Alps The Lepontine Alps (, , ) are a mountain range in the north-western part of the Alps. They are located in Switzerland (Valais, Ticino, Canton of Uri, Uri and Graubünden) and Italy (Piedmont and Lombardy). The Simplon Tunnel, Simplon rail tunnel ...

belonging to the

Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola The province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (, ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Piedmont region of Italy. It was created in 1992 through the fusion of three geographical areas which had previously been part of the province of Novara. The ar ...

(

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Geography

The mountain is located in

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( Provincia del Verbano-Cusio-Ossola), between two Alpine valleys:

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and

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. Its summit is a

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at which the borders of the municipalities of

Miazzina Miazzina is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Verbania. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 415 and an area ...

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and

Valle Cannobina Valle Cannobina is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Verbania, on the border with Switzerland. As of 30 November 2018, it ha ...

meet. Along with Cima della Laurasca is the highest summit of the surrounding area. On the summit, which offers a very wide view on the surrounding mountain, stands a

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bearing a box sheltering a

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SOIUSA classification

According to

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

(''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 Alps, 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 Switzer ...

* major sector = North Western Alps * section =

* subsection = South-western Lepontine Alps ( Alpi Ticinesi e del Verbano) * supergroup = Catena Togano-Laurasca-Limidario * group = Gruppo Zeda-Laurasca * subgroup = Gruppo dello Zeda *

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= I/B-10.II-C.7.b

Access to the summit

Reaching the summit of Monte Zeda does not require alpinistic skill. It can be accessed starting from

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through Alpe Manegra, Piancavallo and, later, "Passo Folungo" (a mountain pass at 1,369 m) and Alpe Archia. Another route to Monte Zeda starts from

Falmenta Falmenta was a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Verbania. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 201 and an area of .All ...

and takes about 5 hours walking.

Nature conservation

The Southern and Western slopes of the mountain are included in the

Val Grande National Park Val Grande National Park () is a protected area located in Piedmont, in the north of Italy. It is most notable for landscapes of the High Alps. Geography The park is located in Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola and is shared between ten municipali ...

Mountain huts

* Rifugio Pian Cavallone

References

Maps

* Italian official cartography (''

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'' - IGM); on-line version
www.pcn.minambiente.it
*

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 cont ...

- Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n. 12 ''Laghi Maggiore, d'Orta e di Varese''

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zeda Two-thousanders of Italy Mountains of Piedmont Mountains of the Alps Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Lepontine Alps