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The mountain was known in the past as Pizzo di Cornia or Pizzo Conolia;{{cite book | language = de | url = https://www.google.it/books/edition/Die_H%C3%B6chsten_Teile_der_Seealpen_und_der/uw5FAAAAYAAJ?hl=it&gbpv=1&dq=%22pizzo%22+%22cornia%22+%22conolia%22&pg=PA47&printsec=frontcover | p = 47 | title = Die Höchsten Teile der Seealpen und der Ligurischen Alpen inphysiographischer Beziehung | author = Friedrich Heinrich Mader | year = 1897 | publisher = Gustav Fock | location = Leipzig | accessdate = 2024-07-12}}, with the second toponym presumably derived from the first one. {{cite book | url = https://www.google.it/books/edition/Atti/sHM5AQAAIAAJ?hl=it&gbpv=1&dq=%22pizzo%22+%22cornia%22+%22conolia%22&pg=RA1-PA34&printsec=frontcover | p = 34 | language = it | title = Atti | year = 1925 | publisher = Società geografica italiana | chapter = Cartografia della Regione Ligure Occidentale | author = Carmelo Lamboglia | accessdate = 2024-07-12}} In the local dialect its name is Piz d'Cunùi.

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The Bric Conoia is located on the water divide between the Corsaglia valley (North) and the Tanaro valley (South).{{harvnb |Fraternali|carta 1:25.000|frat}}. Eastwards, the Bocchin del Bianco pass (2.292 m) separates it from the Cima delle Roccate (2.380 m), while westwards the water divide looses height till to a saddle unnamed on the official chart{{harvnb|IGM|carta 1:25.000|IGM}}. and flanked by a huge ponor named Il Profondo. The main ridge continues with the Monte Rotondo, Bocchin dell'Aseo pass and Monte Mongioie.{{{{harvnb|CAI-TCI|Alpi liguri, pag. 443 |CAI-TCI}}. Just North of the Bric Conoia stands the tiny Raschera lake, from which originates one of the headwaters of the Corsaglia creek. The high point of the mountain is flanked by some sub-summits; its sides are steady steep towards Tanaro Valley, while the North face has vertical rock walls. The summit is marked by a metallic summit cross. The prominence of Bric Conoia is of 228 m.{{cite web | url =https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=109987 | accessdate = 2024-07-12 | publisher = Peakbagger.com | title = Bric Conoia, Italy }} Administratively it belongs to the region of Piedmont and the comune of Ormea. From its summit can be seen a wide panorama on the surrounding mountains and, in the distance, the Ligurian sea.{{cite web | url = https://www.gulliver.it/itinerari/conoia-o-conoja-bric-di-da-viozene-per-cima-revelli-e-monte-rotondo/2014/08/17/131060/ | language = it | title = Conoia o Conoja (Bric di) da Viozene per Cima Revelli e Monte Rotondo | author = daniele64 | date =2014-08-17 | publisher = Gulliver.it | accessdate = 2024-07-13}}

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:{{harvnb| Marazzi |2005| p= 64| ref = Marazzi}}.

• main part = Western Alps; major sector = South Western Alps, section = Ligurian Alps, subsection = Alpi del Marguareis
• supergroup = Catena Marguareis-Mongioie, group = Gruppo Pizzo d'Ormea-Monte Antoroto, subgroup = Bric di Conolia-Pizzo d'Ormea, code = I/A-1.II-B.5.a.{{cite book | url = https://www.google.it/books/edition/Atlante_orografico_delle_Alpi/WyFNAQAAIAAJ?hl=it&gbpv=1&bsq=%22conolia%22+%22SOIUSA%22&dq=%22conolia%22+%22SOIUSA%22&printsec=frontcover | p = 64 | first = Sergio | last = Marazzi | publisher = Priuli & Verlucca | language = it | title Atlante orografico delle Alpi SOIUSA: suddivisione orografica internazionale unificata del sistema alpino | year = 2005 | isbn = 9788880682738 | accessdate = 2024-07-12}}

Bric di Conoia is mainly made of crystalline rocks{{cite web | url = https://www.comune.ormea.cn.it/it-it/appuntamenti/escursione-alla-cima-del-conoia-74606-1-e7d7566db5c88e593d2369accb3bb812 | language = it | title = Escursione alla Cima del Conoia | publisher = Comune di Ormea | date = 2020-07-12 | accessdate = 2024-07-13}} and belongs to a series of Mesozoic origin.{{cite book | p = 69 | url = https://www.google.it/books/edition/Atti/2bUXAQAAIAAJ?hl=it&gbpv=1&bsq=%22bric+di+Conoia%22&dq=%22bric+di+Conoia%22&printsec=frontcover | language = it | title = Atti | volume = 20-21 | publisher = Università di Pavia | others = Istituto geologico | year = 1969 | author = AA.VV. | accessdate = 2024-07-12}} Tectonically they represent the easternmost strip of a syncline of the stratigraphyc complex which that constitutes the nearby Monte Mongioie.{{cite book | url = https://www.google.it/books/edition/Bollettino_del_R_Comitato_geologico_d_It/uSwRAAAAIAAJ?hl=it&gbpv=1&dq=%22Conolia%22+%22bric%22&pg=RA2-PA404&printsec=frontcover | p = 404 | language = it | title = Bollettino del R. Comitato geologico d'Italia | volume = 17-18 | year = 1886 | others = R. Comitato geologico d'Italia | author = Domenico Zaccagna | chapter = Sulla geologia delle Alpi occidentali | publisher = Tipografia nazionale| accessdate = 2024-07-12}}

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The summit can be reached following the main ridge both by the Bocchin del Bianco and Bocchin dell'Aseo. These are hiking itineraries waymarked with old paint signs and small cairns,{{cite web | url = https://www.gulliver.it/itinerari/conoia-o-conoja-bric-dida-viozene-anello-costa-ciagrea-e-cima-delle-roccate/ | language = it | title =Conoia o Conoja (Bric di) e Cima delle Roccate da Viozene, anello per Costa Ciagrea | publisher = Gulliver.it | date = 2024-01-09 | author = Roberto Vallarino | accessdate = 2024-07-13}} suited for well-trained hikers. In summer, also with good weather, haze is quite common, but wonerful blooms can be admired.{{cite journal | url = https://www.piemonteparchi.it/cms/index.php/feed-rss-listcat/item/6575-bric-conoia | language = it | title = Bric Conoia, il mare dalla montagna | author = Filippo Ceragioli | date =2024-11-14 | journal = Piemonte Parchi | accessdate = 2024-12-25 }}

The Bric di Conoia is the destination of some ski mountaineering routes, starting from different locations{{harvnb|CAI-TCI|Alpi liguri, pag. 501 |CAI-TCI}}.; the difficulty of the route through the NW face of the mountain is rated as PD{{cite book | language = fr | title = Ski de randonnée Alpes du Sud | author1 = Emmanuel Cabau | author2 = Hervé Galley | year = 2011 | publisher = Ed. Olizane | url = https://www.google.it/books/edition/Ski_de_randonn%C3%A9e_Alpes_du_Sud/dkvYFjNjNc4C?hl=it&gbpv=1&dq=%22Bric+di+Conoia%22+versant+NE&pg=PA324&printsec=frontcover | isbn = 9788867522507 |accessdate = 2024-07-12 }} (slightly difficult).

• Bivacco Franco Cavarero, Corsaglia valley
• Mongioie, High Tanaro valley
• Rifugio Valcaira, Tanaro valley

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• {{cite book | first = Sergio | last = Marazzi | language = it | title = Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA| location = Pavone Canavese | publisher = Priuli & Verlucca editori | year = 2005 | isbn =9788880682738 | ref=Marazzi}}
• {{cite book | language = it |first1 = Euro |last1 =Montagna | first2 = Lorenzo | last2 = Montaldo |title= Alpi Liguri |year = 1981 |publisher = CAI / TCI |location = Milano | series = Guida dei Monti d'Italia | ref= CAITci}}

• {{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 dei sentieri e stradale scala 1:25.000 n. 16 Val Vermenagna, Valle Pesio, Alta Valle Ellero | publisher = Fraternali editore | location = Ciriè }}
• {{Cite map | title = Carta in scala 1:50.000 n. 8 Alpi Marittime e Liguri | publisher = Istituto Geografico Centrale | location = Torino }}

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