Bric del Dente

Bric del Dente
Monte Dente[1]
Highest point
Elevation1,107 m (3,632 ft)[2]
Prominence176[2][3]
Coordinates44°28′55.07″N 8°40′32.76″E / 44.4819639°N 8.6757667°E / 44.4819639; 8.6757667
Naming
English translationHill of the tooth
Language of nameItalian
Geography
Bric del Dente is located in Italy
Bric del Dente
Bric del Dente
Parent rangeLigurian Apennines
Climbing
First ascentancestral
Easiest routehike

Bric del Dente is a 1107 metres high mountain of the Apennines located in the Italian region of Liguria.

Etymology

Bric in Ligurian means hill or mountain, while dente in Italian means tooth.

Geography

Summit pillar.

The mountain stands on the Adriatic / Ligurian drainage divide between Passo del Faiallo and Passo del Turchino. It belongs to the province of Genoa, in Liguria. Its summit is a tripoint at which the valleys of Cerusa, Orba and Stura di Ovada meet.[4] Sella Bernè (894 m) divides Bric del Dente from the neighbouring Monte Giallo (at East, 969 m), while a saddle at 931 m divides it from Monte Reixa (westwards, 1183 m). The top of the mountain is marked by a memorial pillar overlooked by a small summit cross.

Environment

Bric del Dente sides are generally rocky and steep save the south-western one, gentler and grassier.

Since 1985 the mountain belongs to the Parco naturale regionale del Beigua.[1]

Access to the summit

The mountain is easily accessible by signposted tracks departing from Sella Bernè, Passo del Faiallo or Masone.[5]

The Alta Via dei Monti Liguri, a long-distance trail from Ventimiglia (province of Imperia) to Bolano (province of La Spezia), passes very close to the mountain's summit.[6]

Mountain huts

  • Cascina Tröa (651 m, in Masone Valley - a tributary of Stura di Ovada)[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "La Rete Natura 2000". www.parcobeigua.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  2. ^ a b Genova Varazze Ovada, carta 1:50.000 n.16, Istituto Geografico Centrale (Torino)
  3. ^ Key col: saddle near Pian degli Asti (931 m)
  4. ^ 1:25.000 map of Istituto Geografico Militare (IGM), on-line on www.pcn.minambiente.it
  5. ^ a b "Anello del Bric del Dente (1107 m) da Masone". www.hikr.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  6. ^ "Tappa n. 21". www.altaviadeimontiliguri.it (in Italian). Associazione Alta Via dei Monti Liguri. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2016-03-05.

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