Monte Musinè

Monte Musinè
The mountain seen from Casternone (San Gillio)
Highest point
Elevation	1,150 m (3,770 ft)
Prominence	202 m (663 ft)
Coordinates	45°06′50″N 07°27′16″E / 45.11389°N 7.45444°E / 45.11389; 7.45444Coordinates: 45°06′50″N 07°27′16″E / 45.11389°N 7.45444°E / 45.11389; 7.45444
Geography
Monte Musinè Location in the Alps
Location	Piedmont, Italy
Parent range	Graian Alps
Climbing
Easiest route	South-East ridge from Caselette

Monte Musinè or simply Musinè (in Piedmontese mont Musinè) is a mountain in the Graian Alps in Italy. Musinè is well known for the high cross on its peak, as well as for being the mountain closest to Turin. It is visible from the Piedmontese plateau and from the mountains in the provinces of Biella and Vercelli.

Mount Musinè is the easternmost mountain of the long ridge which, starting from Rocciamelone, divides the valleys of Susa and Lanzo.

Its main summit has a subsummit called Truc dell'Eremita (Hermit's hill, 1.101 m), and is surrounded by several minor hills. To the east on a 535 m high hill stands Saint Abaco's sanctuary, and to the northeast on Monte Calvo, 551 m high, there is a Via Crucis leading to a chapel.

Mount Musinè is connected to the neighbouring Mount Curt (1.323 m) by a broad wooded ridge, the lowest point of which is the Colle della Bassetta (Bassetta's pass, 945 m).

Mount Musinè's summit is a tripoint at which the borders of the municipalities of Caselette, Almese and Val della Torre meet.

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) Mount Musinè can be classified in the following way:

A number of prehistoric and protohistoric archaeological sites have been discovered in the area. These include traces of a hut dating to the early Bronze Age (ca 1700 BC) found in Caselette, and several finds from the late Iron Age in the vicinity of Almese (Truc Randolera).