Bric del Dente is a 1107 metres high mountain of the Apennines located in the Italian region of Liguria.
| Bric del Dente | |
|---|---|
| Monte Dente[1] | |
 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,107 m (3,632 ft)[2] |
| Prominence | 176[2][3] |
| Coordinates | 44°28′55.07″N 8°40′32.76″E / 44.4819639°N 8.6757667°E |
| Naming | |
| English translation | Hill of the tooth |
| Language of name | Italian |
| Geography | |
| Parent range | Ligurian Apennines |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | ancestral |
| Easiest route | hike |
Etymology
editBric in Ligurian means hill or mountain, while dente in Italian means tooth.
Geography
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The mountain stands on the Adriatic / Ligurian drainage divide between Passo del Faiallo and Passo del Turchino. It belongs to the province of Genoa, in Liguria. Its summit is a tripoint at which the valleys of Cerusa, Orba and Stura di Ovada meet.[4] Sella Bernè (894 m) divides Bric del Dente from the neighbouring Monte Giallo (at East, 969 m), while a saddle at 931 m divides it from Monte Reixa (westwards, 1183 m). The top of the mountain is marked by a memorial pillar overlooked by a small summit cross.
Environment
editBric del Dente sides are generally rocky and steep save the south-western one, gentler and grassier.
Since 1985 the mountain belongs to the Parco naturale regionale del Beigua.[1]
Access to the summit
editThe mountain is easily accessible by signposted tracks departing from Sella Bernè, Passo del Faiallo or Masone.[5]
The Alta Via dei Monti Liguri, a long-distance trail from Ventimiglia (province of Imperia) to Bolano (province of La Spezia), passes very close to the mountain's summit.[6]
Mountain huts
edit- Cascina Tröa (651 m, in Masone Valley - a tributary of Stura di Ovada)[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "La Rete Natura 2000". www.parcobeigua.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- ^ a b Genova Varazze Ovada, carta 1:50.000 n.16, Istituto Geografico Centrale (Torino)
- ^ Key col: saddle near Pian degli Asti (931 m)
- ^ 1:25.000 map of Istituto Geografico Militare (IGM), on-line on www.pcn.minambiente.it
- ^ a b "Anello del Bric del Dente (1107 m) da Masone". www.hikr.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- ^ "Tappa n. 21". www.altaviadeimontiliguri.it (in Italian). Associazione Alta Via dei Monti Liguri. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
External links
edit- Hike description on Comune di Masone: Masone - Bric Dente - Masone (in Italian)
Media related to Bric del Dente at Wikimedia Commons
