Coglians

Highest mountain in the Carnic Alps

Coglians - Hohe Warte

Location in the Alps

LocationFriuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Carinthia, AustriaParent rangeCarnic AlpsClimbingFirst ascent30 September 1865 by Paul Grohmann from the SouthEasiest routeHike

Monte Coglians (Friulian: Coliàns; German: Hohe Warte) is the highest mountain of the Carnic Alps, on the border between Italy (province of Udine) and Austria (Carinthia), west of the Monte Croce Carnico pass (Plöcken Pass). With its elevation of 2,780 m (9,121 ft), it is the highest peak of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy and of the Carnic and Gailtal Alps.

Monte Coglians is characterised by karst topography.