MONTE VISO

'Monte Viso' (also called 'Monviso') is a mountain in the Cottian Alps in Italy close to the French border. Monte Viso is well known for its pyramid-like shape and since it surmounts all its neighbouring peaks by at least about 500 m it can be seen from far away, standing as a 'distant sentinel' to the major peaks of the Alps in the title of Will McLewin's eponymous book.
On the northern slopes of Monte Viso are the headwaters of the Po, the so-called Pian del Re (2,020 m).
Monte Viso is the location of a neolithic jadeite quarry, at an elevation of 2000 to 2400 metres. The height of its usage was around 5000 BC. The jadeite was used to make cult axes, which are found all over western Europe.

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★ Monte Viso tunnel

References

''In Monte Viso’s Horizon: Climbing All the Alpine 4000m Peaks'', Will McLewin, Ernest Press, 1991, ISBN 0-948153-09-1

External links

★ Monte Viso on SummitPost

★ Photos