Ticino Alps

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Ticino Alps
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Ticino Alps from the southwest, in the middle the Val Verzasca, on the left the Valle Maggia, in the far background the Gotthard massif.

Ticino Alps from the southwest, in the middle the Val Verzasca , on the left the Valle Maggia , in the far background the Gotthard massif .

Highest peak Basòdino ( 3272.4  m above sea level )
location Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino / PiedmontPiedmont 
part of Western alps
Coordinates , ( CH ) 46 ° 13 '  N , 8 ° 39'  O ( 693 786  /  118655 ) coordinates: 46 ° 13 '  N , 8 ° 39'  O ; CH1903:  six hundred ninety-three thousand seven hundred and eighty-six  /  118655
surface 2,500 km²
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The Ticino Alps are a mountain range in the border area between the Italian province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola and the Swiss canton of Ticino in the southeast of the Western Alps .

Location and area

Despite their size, the Ticino Alps are clearly delimited and can be described briefly (clockwise from the north) : Ticino , Lake Maggiore , Toce and Passo San Giacomo ; they cover an area of ​​2500 km². From Lake Maggiore in the south to 193  m above sea level. M. to their highest mountain, the 3272.4  m above sea level. M. high Basòdino there is a difference of 3079  m .

Groups and summits

The Ticino Alps are divided into the following nine subgroups:

  • Basodino group
  • Cristallina group
  • Campo Tencia group with the Pizzo Campo Tencia
  • Maggia group
  • Verzasca group
  • Onsernone group
  • Pioda di Crana group
  • Gridone group with the Gridone
  • Monte Zeda group

For mountaineers there are nine huts run by alpine clubs in the area, such as B. the Cristallina hut of the SAC , plus a few others.

Valleys and places

In the interior of the mountain range there are Maggia , Verzasca and Centovalli with the towns of Bignasco , Maggia , Brione and Intragna , with Airolo , Biasca , Bellinzona , Locarno and Domodossola on the edge .

Web links

Commons : Under Lepontine Alps  - collection of images, videos and audio files

supporting documents

  1. Maps of Switzerland (SwissTopo)
  2. Ernst Höhne: Knaurs Lexikon für Bergfreunde / The Alps between Matterhorn and Lake Constance . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-426-26223-1 , p. 280 ff .