Monte Renoso ( co, Monti Rinosu) is a mountain in the departments of

Haute-Corse Haute-Corse (; co, Corsica suprana , or ; en, Upper Corsica) is (as of 2022) an administrative department of France, consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged wi ...

and

Corse-du-Sud Corse-du-Sud (; co, link=no, Corsica suttana , or ; en, Southern Corsica) is (as of 2019) an administrative department of France, consisting of the southern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collect ...

on the island of

Corsica Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...

, France. It is the highest peak in the

Monte Renoso massif The Monte Renoso massif (french: Massif du Monte Renoso) is a chain of mountains in the south of the island of Corsica, France. It takes its name from Monte Renoso Monte Renoso ( co, Monti Rinosu) is a mountain in the departments of Haute-Corse a ...

Location

The peak of Monte Renoso is on the boundary between the commune of

Ghisoni Ghisoni () is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas ...

and the communes of

Bastelica Bastelica is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. It was the birthplace of Sampiero Corso. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Bastelicais'', ''Bastelicaises'', or ''Bastilcacci''. Geography ...

and

Bocognano Bocognano (; co, Bucugnà, ) is a commune located in the department of Corse-du-Sud, on the island of Corsica, France. The village, situated at the south-western side of the climb to the Col de Vizzavona, belongs to the micro of Celavo whi ...

. The peak is located on the S-shaped backbone of the island. The Punta Bacinello is to the north, the Punta alla Vetta is to the west and the Punta Orlandino is to the south. Lac de Bastani is to the north of the peak, and Lac de Nielluccio is to the east. Lac de Bastiani is a glacier lake that is ice-covered far into the summer.

Physical

Monte Renoso has a prominence of and elevation of . It is isolated by from its nearest higher neighbor,

Monte d'Oro Monte d'Oro is a mountain in the department of Haute-Corse on the island of Corsica, France, one of the highest on the island. It is in the south of the Monte Rotondo massif, but is sometimes considered the summit of its own massif, the Monte d'Or ...

, to the north-northwest. Ski runs were established on the lower slopes to the northeast of the summit, but have since been abandoned due to lack of dependable snow. The hike to the top from the north is straightforward, but the hiker has to scale many large granite boulders. Even in summer, the weather on the mountain can be unpredictable.

1962 airplane crash

On the 29th of December 1962, the

Boeing 307 Stratoliner The Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner (or Strato-Clipper in Pan American service, or C-75 in USAAF service) is an American stressed-skin four-engine low-wing tailwheel monoplane airliner derived from the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, which entered co ...

of Air Nautic left

Bastia Bastia (, , , ; co, Bastìa ) is a commune in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest population of any commune on the is ...

bound for

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...

via Ajaccio. Passengers included the men's and women's senior teams of the BBCB, the Bastia basketball club. The plane crashed on Monte Renoso above

. None of the 25 passengers and crew survived. Bad weather conditions preventing rescuers from gaining quick access to the crash site.

Gallery

File:Monte Renoso depuis le lac de Bastani.jpg, Monte Renoso from Lac de Bastani File:Monte Renoso Ghisoni.jpg, Monte Renoso from Ghisoni File:Lac de bastani 29 06 2008.jpg, Lac de Bastani with Monte Renoso in background

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