Paglia Orba
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The{{efn|French-language books often treat the name as feminine, but in Corsican it is masculine.}}{{sfn|Chiorboli|2020}} Paglia Orba (pronounced {{IPA|/ˌpa.ʎa ˈɔːr.ba/}}) is a mountain peak in the Monte Cinto massif in Corsica.
It rises to an altitude of {{convert|2,525|m}}, between the valleys of the Golo (in the Niolo) and the Cavicchia (in the Filosorma).
Relatively isolated, this peak, notable for its characteristic tooth-shaped silhouette, dominates the Fango Valley and the west coast of the island.
Straddling the municipalities of Albertacce and Manso, Paglia Orba is the second highest peak of the central chain and the Filosorma, behind Punta Minuta at {{convert|2,556|m}}.
Geography
File:Paglia Orba et Calasima.jpg
With an altitude of {{convert | 2525 | m}}, the Paglia Orba is located in the municipalities of Albertacce and Manso.
It is nearly {{convert|200|m}} lower than Monte Cinto.
The Golo, the longest river in Corsica, rises at its feet.
On its slopes at an altitude of {{convert|1384|m}} the Ruisseau Orba rises in the communal forest of Albertacce, which is a monoculture of laricio pines.
Geology
File:Permian conglomerates and arkosic sandstones of the Paglia Orba, Corsica.jpg
Unlike the other summits of the Cinto massif, which are formed mainly of volcanic rocks, the Paglia Orba is made up of sandstone and conglomerates{{sfn|BRGM|1996}} (puddingstone) with some boulders exceeding {{convert|1|m3}} in size.
These sedimentary rocks accumulated during the Permian-Triassic within a vast zone of volcanic collapse (a lake occupying a caldera), before being raised to altitude then largely destroyed by erosion during the tertiary era.{{sfn|Gauthier|2015|p=62}}{{sfn|Bouchra Zarki‐Jakni|Peter van der Beek |Gérard Poupeau |Marc Sosson|2004}}
Only a few rare vestiges of this sedimentary filling remain today, including the Paglia Orba preserved on the southwestern edge of this caldera.
Access
The normal access road to the summit is somewhere between hiking and mountaineering.
From the Ciottulu a i Mori refuge, a path leads to the Col des Maures (Moorish Pass) and then up a very steep corridor on the western slope of the Paglia Orba.
The route marked by cairns then overlooks a cliff to reach a first summit, separated from the true summit by a ravine called "combe des Chèvres".
Other steep routes exist on the south side (vertical fractures or chimneys) but require experience in climbing.{{sfn|Fabrikant|1982|p=196-198}}
Experienced hikers and mountaineers can also complete the tour of the Paglia Orba{{sfn|Fabrikant|1982|p=208}} by crossing the "Geologists' Breach", named in memory of a geologist who died there,{{sfn|Fabrikant|1982|p=190}}{{sfn|Climber killed}}) and the "Sphinx Breach", near a characteristic looking rock block.
= Climbing =
The dizzying faces and ridges of this "queen of the Corsican mountains" offer climbers a multitude of routes rated “AD” to “ED”.{{sfn|Fabrikant|1982|p=194-195}}
File:Paglia-Orba.jpg|The Paglia Orba seen from the Pont des 5 Arcades (D81) in Galéria, above the Fango valley.
File:Niolu.jpg|La Paglia Orba (left) seen from the Lac de Calacuccia. In the middle, Monte Cintu.
Notes
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Sources
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- {{citation
|author1=Bouchra Zarki‐Jakni |author2=Peter van der Beek |author3=Gérard Poupeau |author4=Marc Sosson |author5=Erika Labrin |author6=Philippe Rossi |author7=Jean Ferrandini
|title=Cenozoic denudation of Corsica in response to Ligurian and Tyrrhenian extension: Results from apatite fission track thermochronology |journal=Tectonics |volume=23 |issue=1
|date=February 2004 |issn=0278-7407 |url=https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2003TC001535 |doi=10.1029/2003TC001535 |s2cid=129821727 |accessdate=3 March 2021|doi-access=free }}
- {{citation|url=http://ficheinfoterre.brgm.fr/Notices/1109N.pdf|title=Notice de la carte géologique de la France à 1/50000 feuille Galeria-Osani
|author=BRGM |year=1996|work=Infoterre|accessdate=2 March 2021}}*{{citation |language=fr
|last=Chiorboli |first=Jean |journal=Corse-Matin « Settimana |date=27 March 2020 |title=Paglia Orba : sommets corses emblématiques |issn=2429-4764}}
- {{citation |journal=Belfast Telegraph |date=25 July 1961 |page=7 |ref={{harvid|Climber killed}}
|title=Climber killed |issn=0307-5664 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19610725/108/0007}}
- {{citation |language=fr |year=1982 |pages=408 |isbn=978-2-7038-0018-7
|last=Fabrikant |first=Michel |title=Guide des montagnes corses : Randonnées pédestres et escalades |location=Grenoble |publisher=Didier Richard |series=Cartes et guides de Corse}}
- {{citation|first1=Alain
|last1=Gauthier|date=2015|pages=232|publisher=Albiana|title=Corse, l'Élysée du Géologue|isbn=978-2-8241-0632-8}}
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