Lugano Prealps
The Lugano Prealps are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. They are located in Canton Ticino and in Lombardy.Geography
Administratively the Italian part of the range belongs to the provinces of Como and Varese, while the Swiss one is divided between the districts of Bellinzona, Locarno, Lugano and Mendrisio.
The western slopes of the mountains are drained by the Ticino River, the eastern ones by Adda and the southern-central part of them by Lambro, Olona and other minor rivers and streams, all of them directly or indirectly tributaries of the Po.SOIUSA classification
According to SOIUSA the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:
Lugano Prealps' borders are :
The Lugano Prealps are divided into two subsections:
- Como Prealps - SOIUSA code:I/B-11.I
- Varese Prealps - SOIUSA code:I/B-11.II,
which are separated by the Monte Ceneri Pass.
These subsections are further divided in supergroups:
- Como Prealps:
- * supergroup catena Gino-Camoghè-Fiorina - SOIUSA code:I/B-11.I-A
- * supergroup catena Tremezzo-Generoso-Gordona - SOIUSA code:I/B-11.I-B
- * supergroup catena del Triangolo Lariano - SOIUSA code:I/B-11.I-B
- Varese Prealps:
- * supergroup catena Tamaro-Gambarogno-Lema - SOIUSA code:I/B-11.II-A,
- * supergroup catena Piambello-Campo dei Fiori-Nudo - SOIUSA code:I/B-11.II-B.
Summits
The chief summits of the range are:
| Name | metres | feet |
| Pizzo di Gino | 2,245 | 7,363 |
| Camoghè | 2,226 | 7,301 |
| Gazzirola | 2,116 | 6,940 |
| Monte Bregagno | 2,107 | 6,910 |
| Monte Tamaro | 1,967 | 6,451 |
| Monte Gradiccioli | 1,936 | 6,352 |
| Monte Grona | 1,736 | 5,694 |
| Monte Generoso | 1,704 | 5,589 |
| Monte di Tremezzo | 1,700 | 5,600 |
| Monte San Primo | 1,685 | 5,526 |
| Monte Lema | 1,621 | 5,316 |
| Corni di Canzo | 1,373 | 4,503 |
| Sighignola | 1,314 | 4,311 |
| Monte Nudo | 1,235 | 4,050 |
| Monte Minisfreddo | 1,047 | 3,435 |
| Monte Chiusarella | 913 | 2,995 |
| Monte Monarco | 858 | 2,815 |
Maps
