Monte Mars or Mont Mars , at 2,600 m, is the highest peak of the

Biellese Alps The Biellese Alps (''Alpi Biellesi'' or ''Prealpi Biellesi'' in Italian) are a sub-range of the Pennine Alps located between Piemonte and Aosta Valley (Italy). Etymology ''Alpi Biellesi'' literally means ''Alps of Biellese''; ''Biellese'' is th ...

, north-western

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Geography

It is located on the

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between the Lys Valley (

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) and the Elvo Valley (

Province of Biella The Province of Biella ( it, Provincia di Biella, Piedmontese: ''Provincia ëd Biela'') is a province of Italy located in Piedmont. It was created in 1992 and its capital is the city of Biella. It has an area of , and a total population of 178 5 ...

). In 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 desig ...

(''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') it gives the name to a mountain group called ''"Catena Tre Vescovi - Mars"''.

Access to the summit

It can be ascended from the south, starting from the

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or, from the North, starting from the Lys Valley. The summit provides a panorama across the plains of the

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and of the

Monte Rosa : , other_name = Monte Rosa massif , translation = Mount Rose , photo = Dufourspitze (Monte Rosa) and Monte Rosa Glacier as seen from Gornergrat, Wallis, Switzerland, 2012 August.jpg , photo_caption = Central Mon ...

massif. A classical

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reaches the summit following the SSW ridge of the mountain, named ''Crête de Carisey''.''Monte Mars - Cresta dei Carisey'', web page o
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(access: December 2012)

Mountain huts

* Coda Mountain Hut (2,280 m)

Maps

* Italian official cartography (''

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'' - IGM); on-line version
www.pcn.minambiente.it
* Province of Biella cartography: ''Carta dei sentieri della Provincia di Biella'', 1:25.00 scale, 2004; on line version:
webgis.provincia.biella.it
* Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi, 1:50.000 scale, nr. 9 ''Ivrea, Biella e Bassa Valle d'Aosta'',

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- Torino

References

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