Pizzo la Scheggia
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 Pizzo la Scheggia (left) with Cima Campelli |
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| height | 2466 m slm | |
| location | Piedmont , Italy | |
| Mountains | Ticino Alps / Lepontine Alps | |
| Dominance | 6.4 km → Pizzo del Fornale | |
| Notch height | 328 m ↓ Passo di Campolatte | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 11 '3 " N , 8 ° 24' 54" E | |
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| particularities | highest point of the Valle Vigezzo | |
The Pizzo la Scheggia is a 2466 m slm high mountain peak in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region of Piedmont . It is the highest point in the Vigezzo Valley .
He belongs to the onsernone group of the Ticino Alps within the Lepontine Alps . The summit lies on a ridge that starts from Pizzo di Madéi on the border with Switzerland , between Pizzo Locciabella ( 2338 m slm ) in the southwest and Cima dei Campelli ( 2446 m slm ) in the northeast. A notch with two small rock windows separates the summit from the slightly lower Cima dei Campelli . It lies between the Valle Isorno in the municipality of Montecrestese to the west and the Valle Vigezzo in the municipality of Santa Maria Maggiore to the east.
A hiking trail leads from the Rifugio Regi ( 1888 m slm ) of the Club Alpino Italiano at the source of the Melezzo orientale over the Alpe Forno to the Pizzo la Scheggia. A popular starting point is the alpine settlement of Cortino via the Arvogno fraction above the village of Toceno .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Geoviewer 2D Piemonte Agenzia Regionale per le Protezione Ambientale (Arpa)
- ↑ Geoportale Piemonte