Monte Briasco Explained

Monte Briasco
Elevation M:1185
Range:Alpi Cusiane
Location:Piedmont, Italy
Map:Italy Piedmont
Coordinates:45.7931°N 8.317°W

Monte Briasco is a mountain in the Alpi Cusiane, in Piedmont, northwestern Italy. It has an elevation of 1,185 metres and is located between the Valsesia and Lake Orta, at the border between the province of Vercelli and the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola and the municipalities of Civiasco, Varallo Sesia, Cellio con Breia and Madonna del Sasso. It is renowned for the sight on the nearby lakes and the Pennine Alps.[1] [2] [3] [4]

During the Second World War Monte Briasco was used as a base by Italian partisans.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.escursionando.it/Anno%202018/Descrizione%20itinerari/M.%20Briasco.htm Anello del Monte Briasco
  2. https://www.in-montagna.it/Monte-Briasco.php Monte Briasco
  3. https://www.gulliver.it/itinerari/briasco-monte-da-civiasco/ Briasco (Monte) da Civiasco
  4. http://www.caivarallo.it/valsesia/sentieri-valsesia/sentieri-valsesia-dettaglio.php?sentiero=137 Monte Briasco
  5. http://www.qui-montagna.it/TRAVERSATA%20CAVAGLIA%20PRIMATESTA.html Traversata Cavaglia-Primatesta
  6. Pietro Secchia, Cino Moscatelli, Il Monte Rosa è sceso a Milano. La Resistenza nel Biellese, nella Valsesia e nella Valdossola, pp. 92-93