Grand Queyron

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Gran Queyron
Grand Queyron
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Winter view of Gran Queyron with Cima Frappier to the right and punta Raisin on the left
Highest point
Elevation 3,060 m (10,040 ft) [1]
Prominence 295 m (968 ft)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Listing Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Coordinates 44°50′36″N7°00′02″E / 44.843455°N 7.000694°E / 44.843455; 7.000694
Geography
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Gran Queyron
Location in the Alps
Location Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Piemonte, Italy
Parent range Cottian Alps
Climbing
Easiest route Hike

The Gran Queyron (in Italian) or Grand Queyron (in French [2] ) is a 3,060 metres high mountain of the Cottian Alps. [3]

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Toponymy

In the Italian alpinistic and geographic literature the mountain also appears as Gran Queyròn, Frapeyràs [1] or Gran Zueyron. [4]

Geography

The peak is located on the French-Italian border between the Metropolitan City of Turin (Piedmont) and the French department of Hautes-Alpes (Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur). It belongs to the Main chain of the Alps. Administratively the mountain is the tripoint where the Italian comunes of Sauze di Cesana (north-west face) and Prali (north-east face) meet with the French commune of Abriès (south face). [2]

SOIUSA classification

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way: [5]

Access to the summit

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NE ridge.

The summit of the Gran Queyron can be accessed starting from the village of Bout du Col (Prali) by marked footpaths with some hiking experience. [6] Another way follows the Argentera valley from Bergeria del Gran Miôl, which can be accessed with a 4 wheel drive vehicle. From there the climb to the summit takes a little less than 2.5 hours's walk. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 Ferreri, Eugenio (1982). "Queyròn-Albergiàn-Sestrière". Alpi Cozie centrali. Guida dei Monti d'Italia (in Italian). Vol. 5. Club Alpino Italiano - Touring Club Italiano. pp. 207–208.
  2. 1 2 "Géoportail" (in French). IGN . Retrieved 2018-11-28.
  3. ↑ Reynolds, Kev (2011). Walking in the Alps: a comprehensive guide to walking and trekking throughout the Alps. Cicerone Press Limited. p. 17. ISBN   9781849654388 . Retrieved 2018-11-28.
  4. ↑ "Atlante statico - sez. 171160" (PDF). Città metropolitana di Torino. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  5. ↑ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 88. ISBN   978-88-8068-273-8.
  6. ↑ users diecimilapiedi and giovanni68 (2016-08-24). "Gran Queyron e Cima Frappier da Bout du Col, anello" (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-12-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ "Cima Frappier / Gran Queyron" (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-12-12.

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