Ascent of Monte Cimone on 2009-05-19| Date: | Tuesday, May 19, 2009 | | Ascent Type: | Successful Summit Attained | | Motorized Transport to Trailhead: | Car | | Peak: | Monte Cimone | | Location: | Italy | | Elevation: | 2164 m / 7103 ft |
Ascent Trip ReportOn a family holiday to the Cinque Terre, I took a day out to drive southeast to the northeastern appennine high point.
The drive was prolonged by the fact that I tried to drive there by a direct route over a high pass (Foce a Giovo) which turned out to be completely washed out beyond the Rifugio Casentini, The road is dirt at the best of times but in May 09 was passable only with a serious 4WD (ie Toyota Land Cruiser type, not BMW X5 or similar due to very high clearance needed to get over the boulder field remaining.
After the detour I started out from Fiumalbo with a 1:200K road map and the description from Petter Bjorstad's website (see http://www.ii.uib.no/~petter/mountains.html). The ascent is very straightforward although some old hard snow on teh ridge, and a biting wind made it feel more like March than May in central Italy
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| Summary Total Data | | Elevation Gain: | 800 m / 2625 ft | | Trailhead: | Fiumalbo 1364 m / 4478 ft | | Route Conditions: | Road Hike, Maintained Trail, Unmaintained Trail, Snow on Ground | | Gear Used: | Ski Poles | | Weather: | Cool, Windy, Clear | | Ascent Statistics | | Time Up: | 2 Hours 20 Minutes | | Descent Statistics | | Time Down: | 1 Hours 10 Minutes |
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