Stresa-Monte Mottarone
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 7.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,229 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 0 ft
- Max elevation
- 4,882 ft
- TrailRank
-
57
4.7
- Min elevation
- 653 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Coordinates
- 432
- Uploaded
- October 19, 2016
- Recorded
- October 2016
near Stresa, Piemonte (Italia)
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Itinerary description
Stresa (about 200 meters above sea level) is a great place to base a holiday on Lake Maggiore; a high standard of accommodation from B&Bs to 5 star hotels (Grand Hotel f.ex., pictures) welcomes all visitors, as well as bars, restaurants and shops. Stresa have about 5000 inhabitants.
The lake Maggiore also contains 11 islands; the most famous being the Borromean Islands in the gulf between Stresa and Verbania.
Mottarone is a mountain above Stresa, with an elevation of 1,290 m. A ski resort with 21 km of downhill skiing slopes is located on Mottarone.
The peak of Mottarone can also be reached by a 30-minute ride on a cableway up from Stresa or by car.
On the way to the top you can see typical italian architecture (pictures).
The lake Maggiore also contains 11 islands; the most famous being the Borromean Islands in the gulf between Stresa and Verbania.
Mottarone is a mountain above Stresa, with an elevation of 1,290 m. A ski resort with 21 km of downhill skiing slopes is located on Mottarone.
The peak of Mottarone can also be reached by a 30-minute ride on a cableway up from Stresa or by car.
On the way to the top you can see typical italian architecture (pictures).
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Summit
0 ft
Monte Mattarone
The top of Mottarone lies 1491 meters above sea level. It overlooks the city of Verbania on the Lake Maggiore (picture); the Monviso in the Maritime Alps, as well as the Monte Rosa, can be seen on clear sky days. Val Grande National Park (Parco Nazionale della Val Grande) is a protected area located in Piedmont, in the north of Italy, at the border with Switzerland. It is most notable for landscapes of the High Alps. See the pictures.
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Very good excursion and good pictures Torbjorn.
How did you return to Stresa?
Bye
By gondol.
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Easy to follow
Scenery
Moderate
The path is wide, well sign-posted and easy to follow. Nice views at the top and plenty of interesting villages in the early part of the ascent.