Monte Antola

Monte Antola
Highest point
Elevation	1,597 m (5,240 ft) [1]
Coordinates	44°34′28″N 09°08′59″E / 44.57444°N 9.14972°E / 44.57444; 9.14972Coordinates: 44°34′28″N 09°08′59″E / 44.57444°N 9.14972°E / 44.57444; 9.14972
Geography
Monte Antola Italy
Location	Liguria and Piemonte, Italy
Parent range	Ligurian Appennines

Monte Antola (in Ligurian munte Antua) is a mountain in Liguria, northern Italy, part of the Ligurian Appennines.

Geography

The mountain is located between the provinces of Genoa and Alessandria. It lies at an altitude of 1597 metres.^[2] Close to the summit is located the Rifugio Parco Antola, a mountain hut built by the Ente Parco and managed by the Club Alpino Italiano. It can accommodate up to 32 hikers or alpinists.^[3]

Access to the summit

Several foothpaths meet on mount Antola starting from the surrounding valleys. Among them can be cited:

• the route from Bavastrelli (Propata), which reaches the summit in a couple of hours passing near the new mountain hut built by the natural park;
• the route from Caprile, another village of Propata municipality, which after the saddle near Monte delle Tre Croci reaches the summit following the Po Valley/Ligurian Sea water divide. It takes around 2.30 hours' walking;
• the route from Crocefieschi, through the Incisa pass, demanding more than 4 hours of walk;
• the route from Torriglia through monte Carmo (around 3 hours).^[4]

Conservation

The southern side of the mountain since 1989 is included in the Parco naturale regionale dell'Antola.^[2]

References

Media related to Monte Antola at Wikimedia Commons