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 the mountain range is an Alpine subsection, classified in the following way:
The Bergamo Prealps stretch between Lake Como and Lake Iseo. They are separated from the Bergamo Alps 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 - SOIUSA code: II/C-29.II-A,
- Catena Arera-Alben - SOIUSA code: II/C-29.II-B,
- Catena Presolana-Pora-Concarena - SOIUSA code: II/C-29.II-C.
Notable summits
Some notable summits of the range are:
| Name | metres |
| Concarena | 2,549 |
| Presolana | 2,521 |
| Pizzo Arera | 2,512 |
| Pizzo Camino | 2,492 |
| Grigna | 2,410 |
| Cime di Lemma | 2,348 |
| Cima del Fop | 2,322 |
| Monte Secco | 2,267 |
| Monte Resegone | 1,875 |
| Monte Pora | 1,880 |
| Monte Negrino | 1,781 |
| Monte Due Mani | 1,666 |
| Pizzo Formico | 1,636 |
| Monte Linzone | 1,392 |
| Monte Misma | 1,160 |
| Canto Alto | 1,146 |
| Monte Canto | 710 |
Maps
