Pointe de Paumont

Pointe de Paumont
Pointe de Paumont
Cima del Vallone
	The mountain seen from Punta Bagnà
Highest point
Elevation	3,171 m (10,404 ft)
Prominence	378 m (1,240 ft)
Parent peak	Aiguille de Scolette
Isolation	3.21 km (1.99 mi)
Listing	Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Coordinates	45°08′21″N06°43′41″E / 45.13917°N 6.72806°E Coordinates: 45°08′21″N06°43′41″E / 45.13917°N 6.72806°E
Geography
	Pointe de Paumont Location in the Alps
Location	Rhône-Alpes, France ; Piedmont, Italy
Parent range	Cottian Alps
Climbing
Easiest route	from Pelouse pass (E ridge) or Roccia Verde pass (S ridge)

Last updated April 18, 2022

Pointe de Paumont (in French) or Cima del Vallone (in Italian) is a mountain of Savoie, France and of the Province of Turin, Italy. It lies in the Cottian Alps range. It has an elevation of 3,171 metres above sea level.

Etymology

Paumort, the name used on French maps, should come from a toponym used on the Italian side of the mountain (croce di Paumont, rio di Paumont), which derives from Piedmontese "pàu mòrt" («fear of death»).^[3]

Geography

In the French subdivision of Western Alps it belongs to the Massif du Mont-Cenis while in the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) it' the highest mountain of a subgroups (STG) called Crête Grand Vallon-pointe du Fréjus ( Fr) or Cresta Gran Vallone-punta del Fréjus (It) - code:I/A-4.III-B.5.a.^[4]

Administratively the mountain is divided between the commune of Avrieux (F, north face) and the comune of Bardonecchia (I, south-western and south-eastern faces).

Access to the summit

The easiest route for the summit starts from Pelouse's pass, which connects Avrieux and Bardonecchia, and follows the eastern ridge of the mountain passing by Cime Gardoria/Cima Gardiola (3,137 m). Other two routes, roughly of the same climbing grade, follow the other two ridges which meet on the mountain's summit: the southern one from Roccia Verde pass and the northwestern one from Punta Bagnà.^[3]

Notes

1 2 3 Géoportail IGN on www.geoportail.fr
↑ key col: Col de Pelouse
1 2 Aruga, Roberto; Pietro Losana; Alberto Re (1985). Alpi Cozie settentrionali. Guida ai monti d'Italia (in Italian). Club Alpino Italiano.
↑ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 90. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.

Maps

Italian official cartography ( Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: www.pcn.minambiente.it
French official cartography ( Institut Géographique National - IGN); on-line version: www.geoportail.fr
Istituto Geografico Centrale - Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n.1 Valli di Susa Chisone e Germanasca and 1:25.000 n.104 Bardonecchia Monte Thabor Sauze d'Oulx

External links

Media related to Cima del Vallone at Wikimedia Commons

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[IGN-1] 1 2 3 Géoportail IGN on www.geoportail.fr

[2] y col: Col de Pelouse

[CAI_TCI-3] 1 2 Aruga, Roberto; Pietro Losana; Alberto Re (1985). Alpi Cozie settentrionali. Guida ai monti d'Italia (in Italian). Club Alpino Italiano.

[4] Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 90. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.

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