Bergamasque Prealps

The Bergamasque Prealps () are a mountain range within the Alps. The range is located in Lombardy, in the north of Italy.

Geography Administratively the range belongs to the Italian province of Bergamo and, to a lesser extent, to the provinces of Lecco and Brescia.

The western slopes of the mountains are drained by the Adda, the central and eastern part of the range by Oglio and other minor rivers and streams, all of them tributaries of the Po.

SOIUSA classification According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine subsection, classified in the following way: main part = Eastern Alps major sector = Southern Limestone Alps section = Bergamasque Alps and Prealps subsection = Bergamasque Prealps code = II/C-29.II

Borders The Bergamo Prealps stretch between Lake Como (west) and Lake Iseo (east). They are separated from the Bergamo Alps (north) by some secondary valleys of Val Brembana, Val Seriana and Val Camonica: Valsassina, Valtorta, Val Secca, Valcanale, Val Nembo, Val di Scalve and Val Paisco. Towards south they end with the Po plain.

Subdivision The Bergamasque Prealps are subdivided into three supergroups: Catena Campelli-Resegone-Grigne (or Prealpi Bergamasche Occidentali) - SOIUSA code: II/C-29.II-A, Catena Arera-Alben (or Prealpi Bergamasche Centrali) - SOIUSA code: II/C-29.II-B, Catena Presolana-Pora-Concarena (or Prealpi Bergamasche Orientali) - SOIUSA code: II/C-29.II-C.

Notable summits

Some notable summits of the range are:

Namemetres Concarena 2,549 Presolana 2,521 Pizzo Arera 2,512 Pizzo Camino 2,492 Grigna 2,410 Cime di Lemma 2,348Cima del Fop2,322Monte Secco2,267Monte Sodadura2,010 Monte Resegone 1,875 Monte Pora 1,880 Monte Negrino 1,781 Monte Altissimo 1,703 Monte Due Mani 1,666Pizzo Formico 1,636Monte Linzone 1,392Monte Misma 1,160 Canto Alto 1,146Monte Canto 710

Bergamasque Prealps

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