Monte Canto, Mountain summit in Lombardy, Italy

Monte Canto is a mountain summit in the Bergamasque Alps and Prealps of Lombardy, rising to approximately 710 meters above sea level. The slopes are crossed by several marked hiking trails that lead in different directions, allowing visitors to explore the surrounding mountain landscape.

Monte Canto is an isolated "orphan" mountain, cut off from the Bergamasque Prealps by the San Martino valley that holds Pontida and Cisano Bergamasco. Just below the eastern summit, at 644 m, lies the old village of Canto, now almost completely abandoned and reached from Pontida by a private dirt road. The summit itself carries a small wooden cross and a sign plaque, while the nearby western top, Il Crocione (698 m), bears a large iron cross.

The name Canto also belongs to an old village just below the summit, at 644 m, now almost completely abandoned and reachable from Pontida only by a private dirt road. The mountain's woods and chestnut groves are still worked, and the southern slopes carry fields and some vineyards.

Marked trails leave from each of the villages ringing the mountain, so you can pick a starting point on any side. The easiest climb is on the north side, from Pontida. The old village of Canto, just below the summit at 644 m, is reached by a private unpaved road.

Just below the eastern summit, at 644 m, lies the nearly abandoned village of Canto, reached from Pontida by a private dirt road. Two streams, the Grandone and the Buliga, rise on the southern slope.