Monte Alpesisa

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The mountain stands on the main Apennine water divide, between Montoggio and Genoa comunes. Westwards the pass of Gola della Sisa (729 m) divides it from Mount Cornua while eastwards the Bisagno/Scrivia ridge goes on with Mount Lago. Mount Alpesisa is notable for its shape, which is trapezoidal when seen from Genoa but looks conical form other points of view. The slopes of the Alpesisa are mainly grassy. Its highest point, which belongs to an almost flat section of the ridge, is marked by a peculiar summit cross made with old leaf springs taken from a truck.{{ cite book | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=4FIwXk57NGIC&q=%22monte+alpesisa%22+bisagno&pg=PA96 | pages = 96 | chapter = Monti di Gevova | title = Appennino ligure e tosco-emiliano | language = it | series = Guida dei Monti d'Italia | publisher = Touring publisher / Club Alpino Italiano | first1 = Marco | last1 =Salvo| first2 = Daniele | last2 = Canossini | year = 2003 | isbn = 9788836527755 | access-date = 20 June 2018 }}

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In the past Mount Alpesisa was deforested and the grassland which still covers most of the mountain is in stark contrast with the surrounding woods.{{cite book | pages = 17 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=x9WmwLPzEVcC&q=alpesisa++pascoli&pg=PA17 | language = it |access-date = 20 June 2018 | title = L'acquedotto civico di Genova: un percorso al futuro | first = Claudio | last = Guastoni | publisher = FrancoAngeli | year = 2004 |isbn = 9788846454133}} During the Italian Resistenza years Alpesisa, thanks to its outstanding location and the long-range views which offers, was for a long time manned by local partisans.{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=x9WmwLPzEVcC&q=alpesisa++pascoli&pg=PA17 | pages = 782 | title = La Resistenza in Liguria: cronache militari e documenti | volume = 1 | first = Giorgio | last = Gimelli | language = it | publisher = Carocci | year = 2005 | isbn = 9788846454133 | access-date = 20 June 2018 }}

Mount Alpesisa can easily be accessed without any alpinistic skill. Its summit can be reached following a footpath starting from the 27th stage of Alta Via dei Monti Liguri named Colle di Creto - Passo della Scoffera, which surrounds the mountain on its Scrivia side.{{cite web

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}} It also can be accessed following another footpath climbing the val Bisagno slopes of the mountain and starting from the village of Prato (Struppa, comune of Genova).{{Cite web | url = https://www.gulliver.it/itinerario/65429/ | title = Alpesisa (Monte) da Prato, anello per la Gola di Sisa | author = Ferruccio Fei | access-date = 20 June 2018 | language = it }}

Mount Alpesisa, together with Lago di Val di Noci and a stretch of the Scrivia/Bisagno water divide, belongs to a SIC (Site of Community Importance) named Val Noci - Torrente Geirato - Alpesisa{{Cite web | language = it | url =http://www.natura2000liguria.it/sic64/index.htm | title = SIC e ZPS in Liguria » Genova » Val Noci - Torrente Geirato - Alpesisa | publisher = Comune di Genova | access-date = 20 June 2018 }} (code IT1331721).{{cite web| title = I siti in provincia di Genova (schede aggiornate al gennaio 2016)| publisher = Regione Liguria | url = http://www.ambienteinliguria.it/lirgw/eco3/ep/linkPagina.do?canale=/Home/020natura/020retenatura2000/020sitischededati/010sicgenova | language = it | access-date = 20 June 2018 }}

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