Monte Baldo

Monte Baldo
Monte Baldo
Elevation	2,218 m (7,277 ft)
Prominence	1,950 m (6,398 ft)
Listing	Ultra
Location
Monte Baldo Veneto, northern Italy
Range	Alps
Coordinates	45°44′N 10°50′E / 45.733°N 10.833°E / 45.733; 10.833Coordinates: 45°44′N 10°50′E / 45.733°N 10.833°E / 45.733; 10.833
Climbing
Easiest route	rock/snow climb

Monte Baldo is a mountain in the Italian Alps, located in the provinces of Trentino and Verona. Its ridge spans mainly northeast-southwest, and is bounded from south by the highland ending at Caprino Veronese, from west by Lake Garda, from north by the valley joining Rovereto to Nago-Torbole and, from east, the Val d'Adige.

The name derives from the German Wald ("forest"); it appears for the first time in a German map in 1163.

The summit is reachable through a cable car from the nearby town of Malcesine, lying on the Lake Garda.

Morphology

Mount Baldo is characterized by a geographical identity, a ridge parallel to Lake Garda, which stretches for 40 km, between the lake to the west and Val d'Adige to the east, and on the south it is bounded by plain Caprino and North Valley Loppio.

Mount Baldo reaches its maximum elevation of 2,218 m with the Valdritta, and its minimum elevation of 65 m on Lake Garda.