Cima Fontanaccia Explained

Cima Fontanaccia
Translation:	Bad spring summit
Elevation M:	1153
Elevation Ref:	.^[1]
Prominence M:	65
Prominence Ref:	^[2]
Range:	Ligurian Apennines
Location:	Liguria, Italy
Map:	Italy
Label Position:	left
Coordinates:	44.4216°N 8.6118°W
Easiest Route:	South-West ridge
First Ascent:	ancestral

Cima Fontanaccia is a 1153 metres high mountain in the Ligurian Apennines, in Italy.

Geography

The mountain is located in the province of Genova, in Liguria, and belongs to the municipality of Cogoleto. It stands on a brief ridge which, starting from the main chain of the Apennines near Rocca del Lago, heads south-east towards the Ligurian Sea and after Cima Fontanaccia continues with Monte Rama and Bric Camulà.^[3]

Access to the summit

The summit of Cima Fontanaccia can be accessed following a short unmarked track departing from the footpath connecting Monte Rama and Rifugio Prato Rotondo.^[4]

Nature conservation

The mountain is included in the Parco naturale regionale del Beigua.^[5]

Mountain huts

• Rifugio Prato Rotondo (1108 m).
• Rifugio Padre Rino (903 m)^[6]

Notes and References

1. Limiti Amministrativi (Comunali, Provinciali, Regionali) sc. 1:25000 - ed. 2011; Regione Liguria, on-line map on geoportale.regione.liguria.it.
2. [Key col]
3. Istituto Geografico Centrale - Carta dei sentieri 1:50.000 n. 16 Genova - Varazze -Ovada
4. Monte Rama (1148 mt), Cima Fontanaccia (1153 m) e Bric Damè (1193 m), article of users peter86 e laura61, on www.hikr.org
5. http://www.parcobeigua.it/ Parco Naturale Regional del Beigua
6. Rama (Monte) anello da Case Soprane per il monte Argentea, article of user franco@A on www.gulliver.it