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The Altemberg is a mountain in the Pennine Alps of north-western Italy; with an elevation of is the highest peak of the
The name of the mountain is connected to the Walser German, a language spoken by people who settled into the upper valley of the Strona and Sesia centuries ago. In German ''Alten'' means ''old'' while ''Berg'' means ''hill'' or ''mountain'', so the English meaning of the name could be ''old mountain'' (''vecchia montagna'' in Italian).
The Altemberg is located on the
According to the SOIUSA (''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') the mountain can be classified in the following way:
* main part = Western Alps
* major sector = North Western Alps
* section = Pennine Alps
* subsection = Southern Valsesia Alps
* supergroup =
Alpi Cusiane
The Alpi Cusiane (or ''Prealpi Cusiane'') are a sub-range of the Pennine Alps located in Piemonte (Italy).
Etymology
''Alpi Cusiane'' literally means ''Alps of Cusio''; ''Cusio'' is the geographical and historical area surrounding Lake of Orta ...
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Toponymy
The name of the mountain is connected to the Walser German, a language spoken by people who settled into the upper valley of the Strona and Sesia centuries ago. In German ''Alten'' means ''old'' while ''Berg'' means ''hill'' or ''mountain'', so the English meaning of the name could be ''old mountain'' (''vecchia montagna'' in Italian).
Geography
The Altemberg is located on the water divide
A drainage divide, water divide, ridgeline, watershed, water parting or height of land is elevated terrain that separates neighboring drainage basins. On rugged land, the divide lies along topographical ridges, and may be in the form of a singl ...
between Strona and Sesia valleys, South of the ''Bocchetta Stretta'' pass, which divides it from the neighbouring Cima Lago. Towards SE the ridge goes on with a saddle named ''Bocchetta delle Vacche'' and the Cima del Pizzo (2,233 m). Administratively the mountain belongs to both the comunes of Rimella (West of the summit) and Valstrona.''Carta Tecnica Regionale'' raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0), Regione Piemonte, year 2007 On its summit stands a metallic cross.
SOIUSA classification
According to the SOIUSA (''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') the mountain can be classified in the following way:
* main part = Western Alps
* major sector = North Western Alps
* section = Pennine Alps
* subsection = Southern Valsesia Alps
* supergroup = Alpi Cusiane
The Alpi Cusiane (or ''Prealpi Cusiane'') are a sub-range of the Pennine Alps located in Piemonte (Italy).
Etymology
''Alpi Cusiane'' literally means ''Alps of Cusio''; ''Cusio'' is the geographical and historical area surrounding Lake of Orta ...
* group = Costiera Capio-Massa del Turlo
* code
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= I/B-9.IV-B.3
Access to the summit
The Altemberg can be accessed following a foothpath from ''Campello Monti
Valstrona is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Verbania.
Valstrona borders the following municipalities: Anzola d'Os ...
'', a village in the comune of Valstrona, or from Rimella, in Valsesia. The ridge between connecting the Altemberg with Cima Lago needs some climbing skill to be crossed and is rated as '' PD grade''
Nature conservation
Cima Altemberg is part of the regional park of Alta Val Sesia e dell'Alta Val Strona.References
External links
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