Rocca Due Denti, Mountain summit in Piedmont, Italy.
Rocca Due Denti is an 885-metre mountain in the Cottian Alps, on the border between Cumiana and Cantalupa in Piedmont. Its summit is a rocky tower that forks into two points; the higher eastern point holds a chapel dedicated to San Bernardo or, according to other sources, to Santa Croce. It sits on the watershed between the Val Chisola and the Val Noce.
During the Italian resistance, the saddle near the Due Denti was the scene of a clash between partisans and German troops in which Dante Boetto was killed. The mountain stands on the watershed between the Val Chisola and the Val Noce, on the border between Cumiana and Cantalupa.
The chapel on the higher eastern tooth is dedicated to San Bernardo, though some sources name Santa Croce. The mountain's Piedmontese name is Roca Doi Dent. The ridge below also carries the chapel of San Sisto at 586 m, and the hamlet of Tavernette sits in the small valley east of the summit.
The easiest route reaches the col at 852 m, then climbs the last stretch on a short, steep path; the col is reached from Colle Marione, from Tavernette or, on the Val Noce side, from the hamlet of Vigna. A southern approach from Pero di Frossasco or Tavernette rounds the mountain from the southwest and crosses exposed rock slabs with a fixed rope, rated EE. The western tooth is climbed from the notch separating it from the eastern one at grade II-.
The eastern summit, the higher of the two teeth, carries a small chapel dedicated to San Bernardo, though some sources name Santa Croce instead. The western tooth is reached from the notch separating the two and is rated grade II- in climbing difficulty. In Piedmontese the mountain is called Ròca Doi Dent.
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