The Monte I Gemelli (or Gemelli di Mologna; French: Les Jumeaux de Mologne) is an Alpine mountain located between Aosta Valley and Piedmont (NW Italy).
Toponymy
Literally Italian: Gemelli di Mologna and French: Jumeaux de Mologne means Twins of Mologna/Mologne, where the Mologna/Mologne is a stream tributary of the river Cervo. Twins refers to the fact that the mountain has a subsummit almost of the same elevation of its main summit.
The mountain belongs to the Biellese Alps, a sub-range of Pennine Alps; the Colle della Mologna Grande, a pass at 2,356 m, divides it from the Punta Tre Vescovi, and the Colle della Mologna Piccola (2,208 m) from the nearby Punte Serange. The Gemelli di Mologna are located between the Lys and the Cervo valleys.
SOIUSA classification
According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:
Aosta valley face of the mountain as seen from the Punta/Pointe Lazoney.
On the Gemelli di Mologna were opened some of the best known climbing routes of the Biellese.
The hiking route follows the ridge connecting the summit with the Italian: Colle della Mologna Piccola / French: col de la Petite Mologne; this mountain pass can be easily reached by a large and stone paved footpath from Piedicavallo or from the Lys Valley.
On the Cervo-Lyswater divide also runs the Alta Via delle Alpi Biellesi, a long semi-alpinistic itinerary.
