Monte Cimone, Mountain summit in Province of Modena, Italy

Monte Cimone is the highest peak in Emilia-Romagna, rising 2,165 meters above sea level in the northern Apennine range. Cable cars and lifts connect the mountain to surrounding valleys, providing access to trails and slopes suitable for different seasons and abilities.

Roman traces were found on the summit during construction work. The first documented climb for sport or science was made in 1569 by the local nobleman Guidinello Montecuccoli. In 1892 an octagonal tower was built as a scientific observatory, now in ruins. A chapel dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows was inaugurated in 1908. A military installation begun in 1937 was expanded during the Cold War, when most of the summit was closed to civilians.

The summit chapel, dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows, was inaugurated in 1908 and is still venerated each 5 August with a procession and a Mass. The mountain's older name, Alpe de Nona, survives in the Latin form Mons de Nona.

A cable car runs from Passo del Lupo, reachable by car, to Pian Cavallaro and stays open in summer too; from there the summit is about an hour and a half on foot. Ski lifts also climb from Sestola, Canevare, Le Polle and Montecreto. The summit plateau holds military antennas, so parts of the top are off-limits.

The summit station is part of CAMM, the Italian Air Force's mountain meteorology centre. Ozone has been measured here since 1975, carbon dioxide since 1979 as the first such station in Europe, and methane since 2012; since 2011 it belongs to the WMO Global Atmosphere Watch network.