Monte Fantino
{{short description|Mountain in Italy}}
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| elevation_m = 2094
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| prominence_m = 161
| range = Ligurian Alps
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| map_caption = Location in the Alps
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The Monte Fantino is a mountain of the Ligurian Alps located in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy.
== Geography ==
File:Monte_Fantino_vista_da_nord_crinale_Maudagna_Corsaglia.png
The mountain stands on the ridge dividing the small valleys of Rio Sbornina and Rio Sotto Crosa, both tributary of the Corsaglia. The ridge starts from Cima della Brignola, descends till to the Bocchino della Brignola (2.276 m), rises again up to Cima Ferlette and follows with the del Punta Lusco (2.277 m) and Monte Fantino, ending at the confluence between the two streams, close to the "Stalle Buroch" ("Buroch's stables"). Monte Fantino summit is marked by a cross; its prominence is 161 m.{{cite web | url = https://peakery.com/monte-fantino-italy/ |access-date=27 October 2021 | title = Monte Fantino | publisher = Peakery.com}} The east side of the mountain features steep and even grassy slopes, while its NW face overhangs rio Sbornina valley with a rocky wall of almost 500 metres drop. Administratively the mountain belongs to the comune of Frabosa Soprana.
= SOIUSA classification =
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
| authorlink =
| title = Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA
| publisher = Priuli & Verlucca
| series =
| year = 2005
| language = Italian
| page = 64
| doi =
| isbn = 978-88-8068-273-8
}}
- main part = Western Alps
- major sector = South Western Alps
- section = Ligurian Alps
- subsection = It:Alpi del Marguareis/Fr:Alpes Liguriennes Occidentales
- supergroup = It:Catena Marguareis-Mongioie/Fr:Chaîne Marguareis-Mongioie
- group = It:Gruppo Mongioie-Mondolè
- subgroup = It:Dorsale Cima Brignola-Mondolè
- code = I/A-1.II-B.4.b
Geology
Monte Fantino stands in a karstic area. Around the mountain have been discovered some caves.{{cite book |title=Bollettino del Club alpino italiano | chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Asqwu0buUScC&dq=%22corsaglia%22+%22Fantino%22&pg=PA237|chapter=Nuove caverne ossifere e non ossifere nelle Alpi Marittime | last=Sacco|first=Federico |location=Torino |publisher = G.Candeletti - Tipografo del C.A.I.| page=237| year=1885| language = it | access-date=27 October 2021 }}
Access to the summit
= Summer =
The summit of Monte Fantino can be reached with an hike starting from the saddle known as Sella Brignola (1.933 m),{{cite web | language = it | title = Fantino (Monte) dal Ponte Murao | url = https://www.gulliver.it/itinerari/fantino-monte-dal-ponte-murao/| publisher = Gullver.it | date = 9 June 2018 |access-date=2021-10-29 }} which can be accessed either from the Corsaglia valley (Ponte di Murao){{cite book | language = it |title= A piedi in Piemonte|chapter=610 - La Sella della Brignola, il Monte Fantino (2094 m) |last1=Chiaretta| last2= Ceragioli|first2= Filippo| last3=M olino| first3= Aldo|location= Subiaco| volume=1| pages=246–248|year=2006| isbn=88-8177-115-2}} or from the Rifugio della Balma. On the sw rocky wall have been traced some classic climbing routes.{{harvnb|CAI-TCI|Alpi liguri, pages 421-423|ref=CAI-TCI}}.
=Winter=
The Monte Fantino can be reached in winter by some Ski mountaineering from different places; a well known itinerary starts from Prato Nevoso. Its difficulty rate is considered BS ('Skilled skiers'').{{cite web | language = it | url = https://www.gulliver.it/itinerari/fantino-monte-da-prato-nevoso-per-il-rifugio-della-balma/ | title = Fantino (Monte) da Prato Nevoso per il Rifugio della Balma | publisher = Gulliver.it | date = 28 February 2021 |access-date=2021-10-28 }}
Mountain huts
References
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Bibliography
- Sergio Marazzi, Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA. Pavone Canavese (TO), Priuli & Verlucca editori, 2005.
- {{cite news |title=Alpi Liguri|first1 = Euro | last1=Montagna|last2=Montaldo|first2=Lorenzo|agency=CAI-TCI|year=1981| language = it | series = Guida dei Monti d'Italia | ref=CAI-TCI}}
Maps
- {{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 | ref = igm }}
- {{Cite map | title = Carta in scala 1:50.000 n. 8 Alpi Marittime e Liguri | publisher = Istituto Geografico Centrale | location = Torino }}
- {{Cite map | title = 1:25.000 map nr.22 "Mondovì, Val Ellero, Val Maudagna, Val Corsaglia, Val Casotto" | publisher = Fraternali | location = Ciriè | ref=frat }}
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