Monte Cornicolo

Monte Cornicolo, in German Großer Kornigl or Spitzner Kornigl, reaches 2,418 metres and belongs to the Ilmenkamm of the Ortles Alps, between the Cornicoletto and the Cima di Belmonte. It stands at the eastern end of the ridge that divides the Val d'Ultimo from the German-speaking upper Val di Non, and its southern side falls within Lauregno.

The name contains a small muddle and a small etymology. The muddle: although it is higher than its neighbour, in the literature it sometimes appears itself as Kleiner Kornigl, the Cornicoletto, because seen from the nearby village of Proves it looks the lower of the two. The etymology: Kornigl is the Germanisation of the Latin cornu joined to the diminutive suffix -iculu, and means little horn; the addition Spitzner comes from the Spitzen alp, on the north side.

No marked path leads to the summit, but it can be reached from two directions: by branching off along the ridge that links the two peaks, on a route that is very exposed in places, or by the ski route that climbs to the ridge between the Cornicolo and the Cima di Belmonte, from where you continue without difficulty.