Monte Leco

Mountain in Italy

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Monte Leco

Liguria, Italy
Piedmont, Italy

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Monte Leco

Monte Leco (Piedmont)

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Parent rangeLigurian ApenninesClimbingFirst ascentancestralEasiest routedirt road

Monte Leco is a mountain in Liguria, northern Italy, part of the Ligurian Apennines. It is located in the provinces of Genoa and Alessandria. It lies at an altitude of 1072 metres.

Access to the summit

The mountain is easily accessible by signposted tracks departing from Bocchetta Pass or Isoverde (municipality of Campomorone).

The Alta Via dei Monti Liguri, a long-distance trail from Ventimiglia (province of Imperia) to Bolano (province of La Spezia), passes very close to the mountain's summit.^[2]

Nature conservation

The mountain and its surrounding area are part of a SIC (Site of Community Importance) called Praglia – Pracaban – M. Leco – P. Martin (code: IT1331501).^[3] Its northern slopes are included in the Piedmontese natural park of the Capanne di Marcarolo.^[4]

References

^ I.G.C. - Carta dei sentieri 1:50.000 n. 16 Genova - Varazze -Ovada
^ Fabrizio Oneto and Fabrizio Càlzia. L'alta via dei monti liguri - Monti di Genova (PDF) (in Italian). Galata. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2016-04-09. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^ Bollettino Ufficiale Regione Liguria nr.13 of 15-7-2009; the Ligurian SIC list is on-line at lrv.regione.liguria.it Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine (access: July 2015)
^ Siti di Importanza Comunitaria (SIC), Regione Piemonte, list on gis.csi.it Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (accessed on April 2016)