Monte I Gemelli

The Monte I Gemelli (or Gemelli di Mologna) is an Alpine mountain located between Aosta Valley and Piedmont (NW Italy).

Monte I Gemelli
Gemelli di Mologna
Highest point
Elevation2,476 m (8,123 ft) [1]
Coordinates45°43′03″N 7°55′43″E 
Geography
Monte I Gemelli
Location in the Alps
LocationProvince of Biella / Aosta Valley, Italy
Parent rangeAlpi Biellesi
Climbing
Easiest routeHiking from the Piedicavallo

Toponymy

Literally Gemelli di Mologna means Twins of Mologna, where the Mologna is a stream tributary of the river Cervo. Twins refers to the fact that the mountain has a subsummit almost of the same elevation of its main summit[2].

Geography
The mountain from Valmosca (Campiglia Cervo)

The mountain belongs to the Biellese Alps, a sub-range of Pennine Alps; the Colle della Mologna Grande, a pass at 2,356  m, divides it from the Punta Tre Vescovi, and the Colle della Mologna Piccola (2,208  m) from the nearby Punte Serange. The Gemelli di Mologna are located between Aosta and Cervo valleys[1].

SOIUSA classification

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:[3]

  • main part = Western Alps
  • major sector = North Western Alps
  • section = Pennine Alps
  • subsection = Southern Valsesia Alps
  • supergroup = Alpi Biellesi
  • group = Catena Tre Vescovi - Mars
  • code = I/B-9.IV-A.1

Access to the summit
Aosta valley face of the mountain as seen from the Punta Lazoney.

On the Gemelli di Mologna were opened some of the best known climbing routes of the Biellese. The hiking route follows the ridge connecting the summit with the Colle della Mologna Piccola; this mountain pass can be easily reached by a large and stone paved foothpath from Piedicavallo or from the Lys Valley.[2] On the Cervo-Lys water divide also runs the Alta Via delle Alpi Biellesi, a long semi-alpinistic itinerary.[4]

Mountain huts
  • Rifugio Rivetti

Maps

Bibliography
  • Giancarlo Regis, Renza Piana Regis (1981). Nuova guida alle Alpi biellesi (in Italian). Biella: libreria V.Giovannacci.
  • Alessandro Castello , Elio Protto , Sandro Zoia (2013). Alpi biellesi e valsesiane. Guida dei Monti d'Italia (in Italian). Milano: CAI / TCI.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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References
  1. Carta dei sentieri della Provincia di Biella 1:25.000, Provincia di Biella, year 2004
  2. Ceragioli, Filippo; Molino, Aldo (2008). A piedi in Piemonte (in Italian). 2. Subiaco: Iter Edizioni. pp. 234–236. ISBN 978-88-8177-122-6.
  3. Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 134. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
  4. Alta Via delle Alpi Biellesi, see www.montagnabiellese.com Archived 2012-04-10 at the Wayback Machine

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