The Monte Capezzone (in Titzschu ''Jungebärg'') is a mountain in the

Pennine Alps The Pennine Alps (german: Walliser Alpen, french: Alpes valaisannes, it, Alpi Pennine, la, Alpes Poeninae), also known as the Valais Alps, are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. They are located in Switzerland (Valais) and Italy ...

of north-western

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

; with an elevation of is the highest peak of the

Strona Strona is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,217 and an area of .All demographic ...

Valley.

Geography

The mountain is located at the

tripoint A tripoint, trijunction, triple point, or tri-border area is a geographical point at which the boundaries of three countries or subnational entities meet. There are 175 international tripoints as of 2020. Nearly half are situated in rivers, l ...

between three valleys:

Valstrona Valstrona is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Verbania. Valstrona borders the following municipalities: Anzola d'O ...

, Valle Anzasca and Valle Mastallone (the latter a side valley of

Valsesia Valsesia ( pms, Valsesia; Walser German: ''Tseschrutol''; it, Valle della Sesia) is a group of valleys in the north-east of Piedmont in the Province of Vercelli, Italy; the principal valley is that of the river Sesia. The major towns located h ...

). The Sesia/Anzasca wayer divide goes on westwards with Monte Mora () and Cima Cresta . From the summit of Monte Capezzone starts the dividing range between Val Strona and Val Mastallone which, heading South, after the ''Colle della Crocetta'' and the ''Cima Lago'' () reaches the Altemberg ( Alpi Cusiane). Estwards the water divide between the valleys of the

and the Anza heads towards the

Monte Massone The Monte Massone, at an elevation of , is a mountain of the Pennine Alps in North-western Italy. Geography The mountain belongs to the water divide between Strona Valley (South) and Ossola Valley (North). The southern slopes of Monte Massone ...

. Administratively the summit of Monte Capezzone is the

where the borders of the

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s of Rimella ( VC),

Calasca-Castiglione Calasca-Castiglione is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Verbania. Calasca-Castiglione borders the following municipalitie ...

( VB) and

( VB) meet. Close to the main elevation of the mountain stands a

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SOIUSA classification

According to the

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

(''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 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 Switzerland ( ...

* major sector = North Western Alps * section =

* subsection = Eastern Aosta and Northern Valsesia Alps * supergroup = Contrafforti valsesiani del Monte Rosa * group = Costiera Punta Grober-Tagliaferro-Montevecchio * subgroup = Contrafforte Montevecchio-Quarazzola-Capezzone * code = I/B-9.III-C.7.b/b

Geology

At the foot of the Capezzone a geologic survey discovered gold mineralizations embedded in

schist Schist ( ) is a medium-grained metamorphic rock showing pronounced schistosity. This means that the rock is composed of mineral grains easily seen with a low-power hand lens, oriented in such a way that the rock is easily split into thin flakes ...

ose rock layers.

Access to the summit

The summit of the Capezzone can be accessed starting from ''Campello Monti'' (a former autonomous

now belonging to

). After the bivouac ''Abele Traglio'', located on the Lake Capezzone shore, a waymarked track reaches the ''Colle della Crocetta'' saddle and, turning right, climbs the Sesia/Stona ridge up to the summit cross. The ''Colle della Crocetta'' can also be reached from Rimella with an uneasy hiking itinerary.

Nature conservation

The slopes of Monte Capezzone facing

and

are part of the

regional park A regional park is an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreational use or other reason, and under the administration of a form of local government. Definition A regional park can be a special park distri ...

of Alta Val Sesia e dell'Alta Val Strona. The area is also preserved by the establishment of S.C.I. named "Campello Monti" (code IT1140003) and of a whider protected area named ''Alta Val Strona e la Val Segnara'' (code IT1140020).

Mountain huts

By the Lake Capezzone at stands the ''Bivacco Abele Traglio'', an unattended and always open

mountain hut A mountain hut is a building located high in the mountains, generally accessible only by foot, intended to provide food and shelter to mountaineers, climbers and hikers. Mountain huts are usually operated by an Alpine Club or some organization ...

; in Campello Monti, during the summer, can be used a ''posto tappa'' (simple accommodation) of the GTA.

Maps

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References

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