Cima di Monte Bolza
| Cima di Monte Bolza | ||
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| height | 1927 m slm | |
| location | Abruzzo , Italy | |
| Mountains | Gran Sasso d'Italia , Abruzzo Apennines | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 23 '7 " N , 13 ° 42' 54" E | |
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| Normal way | trail | |
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The Cima di Monte Bolza ( German "Summit of Mount Bolza") is a mountain of the Gran Sasso d'Italia in the Apennines . It is the highest and eastern tip of a ridge with two peaks , the Cima di Monte Bolza ( 1927 m ) and the Monte Bolza ( 1904 m , location ), this is the western tip of the ridge two kilometers away.
This mountain with two peaks lies alone in the south of the high plateau Campo Imperatore . The peaks are climbed a lot as they offer a magnificent view of the Corno Grande , the highest peak of the Gran Sasso, up close . They are in the area of the National Park Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga .
They can be reached without any great difficulty via a hiking route from Castel del Monte .
history
At the foot of Monte Bolza on October 13, 1919, the shepherd Pupo Nunzio di Roio, two of his children and 5000 sheep died in a snow storm . The monument to the “Tragedy of Fonte Vetica” on Campo Imperatore was badly damaged by vandalism in 2006.
Web links
- Monte Bolza. In: summitpost.org. June 27, 2015, accessed February 12, 2017 .
- Monte Bolza Ridge Traverse. In: summitpost.org. July 1, 2015, accessed February 12, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ ilgransasso.com: IL MONUMENTO DELLA TREAGEDIA DI FONTE VETICA A CAMPO IMPERATORE (ital.)