Cima Altemberg Explained

Cima Altemberg
Other Name:Altenberg
Elevation M:2395
Range:Alpi Cusiane (Pennine Alps)
Location:Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola / Province of Vercelli, Italy
Map:Alps
Label Position:left
Coordinates:45.9364°N 8.2038°W
Easiest Route:hiking from Campello Monti or Rimella

The Altemberg is a mountain in the Pennine Alps of north-western Italy; with an elevation of 23950NaN0 is the highest peak of the Alpi Cusiane.

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.[1] In German Alten means old[2] while Berg means hill or mountain,[3] so the English meaning of the name could be old mountain (vecchia montagna in Italian).

Geography

The Altemberg is located on the water divide between Strona and Sesia valleys, South of the Bocchetta Stretta pass,[4] 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).[5] Administratively the mountain belongs to both the comunes of Rimella (West of the summit) and Valstrona.[6] On its summit stands a metallic cross.[7]

SOIUSA classification

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:[8]

Access to the summit

The Altemberg can be accessed following a footpath from Campello Monti, a village in the comune of Valstrona, or from Rimella, in Valsesia.[9] The ridge between connecting the Altemberg with Cima Lago needs some climbing skill to be crossed and is rated as PD grade [10]

Nature conservation

Cima Altemberg is part of the regional park of Alta Val Sesia e dell'Alta Val Strona.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: it . Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia . Walser . 2019-04-08 .
  2. Web site: English translation of 'Alt' . Collins . 2019-04-08 .
  3. Web site: English translation of 'Berg' . Collins . 2019-04-08.
  4. Also named Tesslu, see Book: Boffa, Felice . 573 . Monte Rosa: 98 schizzi, 40 fotoincisioni . Club Alpino Italiano . 1960 . it .
  5. Web site: Capezzone (Cima) da Campello Monti, anello per Cima Lago, Altemberg e Pizzo . it . titty79 . 2019-04-08.
  6. Carta Tecnica Regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0), Regione Piemonte, year 2007
  7. Book: it . Escursioni imperdibili nei parchi del Piemonte e dintorni. Alla testata della valle Strona . 32–36 . Filippo . Ceragioli . Aldo . Molino . Edizioni del Capricorno . 2018 .
  8. Book: Marazzi , Sergio . Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA . Priuli & Verlucca . 2005 . Italian . 134 . 978-88-8068-273-8 .
  9. Web site: it . Rimella - Altemberg per la Bocchetta delle Vacche (Kihefurku) . CAI - Sezione di Varallo . 2019-04-10.
  10. Book: it . Alpi biellesi e valsesiane . . Alessandro . Castello . Elio . Protto . Sandro . Zoia . Costiera Val Mastallone - Valle Strona . 292 . CAI / Touring . 2013 .
  11. Web site: Val Strona . it . 2019-04-10 . 2018-09-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180908220057/http://www.areeprotettevallesesia.it/valstrona#.WnyrZKjibIV . dead .