Monte Capezzone

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The mountain is located at the tripoint between three valleys: Valstrona, Valle Anzasca and Valle Mastallone (the latter a side valley of Valsesia). The Sesia/Anzasca wayer divide goes on westwards with Monte Mora ({{convert|2,298|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}) and Cima Cresta {{convert|2,316|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}. From the summit of Monte Capezzone starts the dividing range between Val Strona and Val Mastallone which, heading South, after the Colle della Crocetta and the Cima Lago ({{convert|2,401|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}) reaches the Altemberg (Alpi Cusiane). Estwards the water divide between the valleys of the Strona and the Anza heads towards the Monte Massone. Administratively the summit of Monte Capezzone is the tripoint where the borders of the comunes of Rimella (VC), Calasca-Castiglione (VB) and Valstrona (VB) meet.{{Cite map | title = Cartografia ufficiale italiana in scala 1:25.000 e 1:100.000 | url = http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer/ | publisher = Istituto Geografico Militare | access-date = 2020-02-08 }} Close to the main elevation of the mountain stands a cross.

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:{{cite book

| last = Marazzi

| first = Sergio

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| title = Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA

| publisher = Priuli & Verlucca

| series =

| year = 2005

| language = Italian

| page = 134

| doi =

| isbn = 978-88-8068-273-8

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• main part = Western Alps
• major sector = North Western Alps
• section = Pennine Alps
• subsection = Eastern Aosta and Northern Valsesia Alps
• supergroup = Contrafforti valsesiani del Monte Rosa
• group = Costiera Punta Grober-Tagliaferro-Montevecchio
• subgroup = Contrafforte Montevecchio-Quarazzola-Capezzone
• code = I/B-9.III-C.7.b/b

At the foot of the Capezzone a geologic survey discovered gold mineralizations embedded in schistose rock layers.{{Cite book |language = it | title = Le mineralizzazioni aurifere filoniane delle Alpi Occidentali | chapter = Distribuzione geografica e strutturale | first1 = Federico | last1 = Mastrangelo | first2 = Pietro | last2 = Natale | first3 = Stefano | last3 =Zucchetti | pages = 3 | publisher = Associazione Mineraria Subalpina "Sottosuolo" | year = 1981 | url =https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303837152 | access-date = 2018-09-12}}

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The summit of the Capezzone can be accessed starting from Campello Monti (a former autonomous comune now belonging to Valstrona). After the bivouac Abele Traglio, located on the Lake Capezzone shore, a waymarked track reaches the Colle della Crocetta saddle and, turning right, climbs the Sesia/Stona ridge up to the summit cross. {{ Cite book | language = it | title = Escursioni imperdibili nei parchi del Piemonte e dintorni| chapter = Alla testata della valle Strona | pages = 32–36 | first1 = Filippo | last1 = Ceragioli | first2 = Aldo | last2 = Molino | publisher = Edizioni del Capricorno | year = 2018 | isbn = 978-88-7707-390-7 }} The Colle della Crocetta can also be reached from Rimella with an uneasy hiking itinerary.{{Cite web | language = it | url = http://www.caivarallo.it/valsesia/sentieri-valsesia/sentieri-valsesia-dettaglio.php?sentiero=200 | title = 544 - Colle di Segnara | publisher = CAI - sezione di Varallo Sesia | access-date = 2018-09-12 }}

The slopes of Monte Capezzone facing Valstrona and Valsesia are part of the regional park of Alta Val Sesia e dell'Alta Val Strona. {{Cite web | title = Val Strona | url = http://www.areeprotettevallesesia.it/valstrona#.WnyrZKjibIV |access-date = 2019-05-13 | language = it }} The area is also preserved by the establishment of S.C.I. named "Campello Monti" (code IT1140003) and of a whider protected area named Alta Val Strona e la Val Segnara (code IT1140020).{{cite web|url=http://www.regione.piemonte.it/habiweb/servlet/image.pdf?idSic=110 |title=Alta Val Strona e Val Segnara|access-date=2018-02-25 | language = it }}

By the Lake Capezzone at {{convert|2,100|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} stands the Bivacco Abele Traglio, an unattended and always open mountain hut; in Campello Monti, during the summer, can be used a posto tappa (simple accommodation) of the GTA.{{Cite web | language = it | url = http://www.via-alpina.org/it/stage/131 | title = Campello Monti » Santa Maria di Fobello | access-date = 2020-02-08}}

• {{Cite map | title = Cartografia ufficiale italiana in scala 1:25.000 e 1:100.000 | url = http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer/ | publisher = Istituto Geografico Militare }}
• {{Cite map | title = Carta in scala 1:50.000 n. 10 Monte Rosa, Alagna e Macugnaga | publisher = Istituto Geografico Centrale | location = Torino }}

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