Monte Matto

#338 among destinations in Italy

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Monte Matto is a 3,097-meter-high mountain in Piedmont, in the province of Cuneo, Italy. It is part of the Maritime Alps, dividing the Meris valley from the Gesso della Valletta valley. ()

Alternative names: First ascent: 1879Elevation: 10161 ftProminence: 1959 ftCoordinates: 44°13'29"N, 7°15'19"E

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Monte Matto – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Monte Argentera, Lago del Chiotas, Terme di Valdieri, Lago della Rovina.

4.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Monte Argentera
105 min walk • Monte Argentera is a mountain in the Maritime Alps, in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont, northern Italy. With an elevation of 3,297 metres, it is the highest peak in the range.
5.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lago del Chiotas
143 min walk • Lago del Chiotas is a lake in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy. It is used as an upper reservoir for the pumped-storage hydroelectric Entracque Power Plant.
1.5 miSE
Amusement, Water park, Swimming
Terme di Valdieri
38 min walk • The thermal baths of Valdieri are a spa located in the municipality of Valdieri, in the province of Cuneo. The thermal waters are sulfurous sulfate-chloride-sodium, at temperatures of 50-75 °C and alkaline in character.
5.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lago della Rovina
136 min walk • Lago della Rovina is a lake in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy. It is used as an upper reservoir for the pumped-storage hydroelectric Entracque Power Plant.
3.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Maritime Alps
100 min walk • The Maritime Alps are a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps. They form the border between the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and the Italian regions of Piedmont and Liguria. They are the southernmost part of the Alps.
4.7 miW
44°12'29"N • 7°9'48"E
Cime de la Lombarde
120 min walk • Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
2.1 miSW
Alpine hut, Hiking
Rifugio Valasco
54 min walk • The Valasco refuge is an alpine refuge located in the valley of the same name, below Mount Matto, in the territory of the Italian municipality of Valdieri and within the Maritime Alps Nature Park.
1.5 miN
Alpine hut, Hiking
Rifugio Livio Bianco
39 min walk • The Dante Livio Bianco refuge is an alpine refuge located in the Maritime Alps range in the municipality of Valdieri, at an altitude of 1910 meters. It rises not far from the Sottano della Sella Lake.
4.7 miSE
Alpine hut, Hiking
Rifugio Franco Remondino
120 min walk • The Franco Remondino refuge is an alpine refuge located in the Maritime Alps range in the municipality of Valdieri, at an altitude of 2,430 meters. It rises in the Vallone di Assedras, in the upper Gesso valley of Valdieri.
3.5 miSW
Alpine hut, Hiking
Rifugio Emilio Questa
89 min walk • The Emilio Questa refuge is a refuge located at the Portette Lake in the territory of the Italian municipality of Valdieri, within the boundaries of the Maritime Alps Natural Park.
4.7 miS
Alpine hut, Hiking
Rifugio Regina Elena
120 min walk • The Regina Elena refuge is an alpine refuge located at the bottom of the Valletta valley, west of Mount Argentera, in the Maritime Alps, in the municipality of Valdieri, at an elevation of 1850 above sea level.