Pizzo di Gino is a mountain of

Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...

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. With an elevation of 2,245 m it is the highest peak of the

Lugano Prealps The Lugano Prealps (''Prealpi Luganesi'' or ''Prealpi Lombarde Occidentali'' in Italian) are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. They are located in Canton Ticino (southern Switzerland) and in Lombardy (northern Italy). Geography A ...

SOIUSA classification

According to the

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(''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 = Prealpi Comasche * supergroup = Catena Gino-Camoghè-Fiorina * group = Gruppo del Gino *

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= I/B-11.I-A.1

Access to the summit

The easiest route for the summit starts from

San Nazzaro Val Cavargna San Nazzaro Val Cavargna (Western Lombard: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about north of Como, on the border with Switzerland. As of 31 December 2004, i ...

and passes by a mountain hut called Rifugio Croce di Campo (1,739 m).''Pizzo di Gino - 2245 m'', web page o
www.vienormali.it
(accessed on 2012-04-05)

Notes

External links

Pizzo di Gino on Hikr
Mountains of Lombardy Two-thousanders of Italy Mountains of the Alps Lugano Prealps {{Lombardy-geo-stub