Cima delle Saline
mountain in Italy
The Cima delle Saline is a mountain of the Ligurian Alps located in Piedmont (NW Italy).
Toponymy
Cima delle Saline literally means Summit of the salt marshes. The name comes the neighbouring Passo delle Saline, a mountain pass which was used in the past by marchants in order to bring into the Po Plain the salt produced by the Mediterranean sea.
Geography
The mountain rises in the karstic complex of the Marguareis, on the water divide between the valleys of Ellero and Tanaro. At 2,612 metres above sea level, is the third elevation of the Ligurian Alps after Marguareis and Mongioie. Its prevailing rocks are Jurassic limestones. The north face of the Cima delle Saline consists in almost vertical cliffs, while its southern side is a long and gentler slope, rich in sinkholes. If seen from the plain, its summit shows a characteristic rounded shape.
SOIUSA classification
According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:
main part = Western Alps
major sector = South Western Alps
section = Ligurian Alps
subsection = It:Alpi del Marguareis/Fr:Alpes Liguriennes Occidentales
supergroup = It:Catena Marguareis-Mongioie/Fr:Chaîne Marguareis-Mongioie
group =It:Mongioie-Mondolè
subgroup = It:Nodo del Mongioie
code = I/A-1.II-B.4.a
Conservation
Since 1978 the mountain and its southern slopes belong to the Natural Park of Marguareis.
Access to the summit
Summer
Reaching the summit does not require alpinistic skill but some scrambling.
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