The Scopi is a 3,190-metre-high

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in the

Lepontine Alps , topo_map= Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo , photo=MonteLeone0001.jpg , photo_caption=Monte Leone , country_type= Countries , country= , subdivision1_type= Cantons, Regions , subdivision1= , parent= Western Alps , borders ...

, overlooking Lukmanier Pass on the border between the cantons of

Ticino Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...

and Graubünden. A cable car (not accessible to public) connects the summit from the road of Lukmanier Pass below the dam, and on the top lies a radar ( FLORAKO) and an air traffic control building, owned by the

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. There are, however, no climbing restrictions, and the summit can by reached via a marked trail from Lai da Sontga Maria near the pass.

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Scopi on Summitpost

Scopi on Hikr
Mountains of the Alps Alpine three-thousanders Mountains of Switzerland Mountains of Graubünden Mountains of Ticino Graubünden–Ticino border Lepontine Alps Medel (Lucmagn) {{Ticino-mountain-stub