Monte Meidassa

Mountain in Italy

Monte Meidassa

Location in the Alps

LocationPiedmont, ItalyParent rangeCottian AlpsClimbingEasiest routefrom Pian del Re (Crissolo)

Monte Meidassa is a peak in the Cottian Alps, in western Piedmont, northern Italy. The slightly higher Monte Granero is located nearby.

Geography

Administratively it is divided between the Metropolitan City of Turin and the province of Cuneo, both in the Piedmont region. Included in the comuni of Crissolo and Bobbio Pellice, not far from the boundary with France, it has an elevation of 3,105 m. It separates the Valle Pellice and the Valle Po.

SOIUSA classification

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:^[2]

main part = Western Alps
major sector = South Western Alps
section = Cottian Alps
subsection = southern Cottian Alps
supergroup = catena Aiguillette-Monviso-Granero
group = gruppo Granero-Frioland
subgroup = gruppo del Monte Granero
code = I/A-4.I-C.9.a

References

^ Monte Meidassa, Italy, www.peakbagger.com (accessed on April 2014)
^ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.