Punta Cornour

Punta Cornour
Punta Cornour
Punta Cournour
	Late autumn view
Highest point
Elevation	2,868 m (9,409 ft)
Prominence	418 m (1,371 ft)
Listing	Alpine mountains 2500-2999 m
Coordinates	44°51′01″N7°05′33″E / 44.8501817°N 7.0924816°E Coordinates: 44°51′01″N7°05′33″E / 44.8501817°N 7.0924816°E
Geography
	Punta Cornour Location in the Alps
Location	Piemonte, Italy
Parent range	Cottian Alps
Climbing
First ascent	1836, Captain Cossato of the Royal Sardinian Army
Easiest route	Hike with some scabbling

Last updated January 31, 2022

The Punta Cornour is a 2,868^[4] metres high mountain on the Italian side of the Cottian Alps.

Toponymy

The mountain is also named Punta Cournour. While Punta Cornour appears in most of the available maps (i.e. the 1:50.000 scale IGC map Valli di Susa Chisone e Germanasca, based on the IGM official Italian 1:25.000 cartography ), Punta Cournour is reported by some older sources as, for instance, the Encyclopædia Britannica in its 1911 edition.^[5]

Geography

The Punta Cornour is located on the water divide between val Germanasca (North) and val Pellice. It consists in a prominent peak clearly distinguishable also from the Po plain. The main ridge runs from SW to NE; from the summit branches out another ridge heading South. The summit of the mountain is the tripoint where the comune of Prali (Val Germanasca) meets Bobbio Pellice and Villar Pellice (both in Val Pellice).^[6] The SE slopes, belonging to the comune of Villar Pellice, are made of steep rock cliffs, while the other faces have gentler slopes with a lot of blocks.

On the summit a small metallic pillar points out a trigpoint named 067905 Punta Cornour, whish belonging to the primary IGM network.^[7]

SOIUSA classification

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:^[8]

main part = Western Alps
major sector = South Western Alps
section = Cottian Alps
subsection = Central Cottian Alps
supergroup = Catena Bucie-Grand Queyron-Orsiera
group = Gruppo Bucie-Cornour
subgroup = Costiera Cornour-Cialancia
code = I/A-4.II.A.1.b

Geology

From a geological point of view the mountain belongs to the Dora-Maira massif series, and is mainly composed of gneiss and mica-schists, with lenses of Augen gneiss, dating back to the pre-Triassic era.^[9]

Access to the summit

The normal route follows the NE ridge of the mountain.^[4] An access itinerary starts from Ghigo (comune of Prali) close to the valley station of the cable car Seggiovia dei 13 Laghi, which can be used in order to shorten the walk.^[10]

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References

↑ Istituto Geografico Centrale, Carta dei sentieri 1:50.000 scale nr. 6, Monviso
↑ Key col: Passo di Brard, 2,450 m, see Peakbagger entry
↑ Punta Cornour, Italy at Peakbagger.com
1 2 3 Ferreri, Eugenio (1982). Alpi Cozie centrali. Guida dei Monti d'Italia (in Italian). Milano: CAI / TCI. pp. 171–173.
↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Alps" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 741.
↑ "IGM 1:25.000 maps". Istituto Geografico Militare . Retrieved 2020-02-23.
↑ Divisione geodetica. "067905 PUNTA CORNOUR". Istituto Geografico Militare . Retrieved 2020-02-22.
↑ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 88. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
↑ Carta Geologica d'Italia scala 1:100.000 - foglio 67 - Pinerolo. ISPRA (Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale). Servizio Geologico d'Italia. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
↑ "Cornour (Punta) da Ghigo di Prali, per la cresta NE" (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-02-23.

Maps

Cartografia ufficiale italiana in scala 1:25.000 e 1:100.000 (Map). IGM.
Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 nr. 1 "Valli di Susa Chisone e Germanasca" (Map). Torino: Istituto Geografico Centrale.
Carta dei sentieri e stradale scala 1:25.000 nr. 5 "Val Germanasca, Val Chisone" (Map). Ciriè: Fraternali editore.

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[IGC-1] Istituto Geografico Centrale, Carta dei sentieri 1:50.000 scale nr. 6, Monviso

[2] Key col: Passo di Brard, 2,450 m, see Peakbagger entry

[3] Punta Cornour, Italy at Peakbagger.com

[CAI-TCI-4] 1 2 3 Ferreri, Eugenio (1982). Alpi Cozie centrali. Guida dei Monti d'Italia (in Italian). Milano: CAI / TCI. pp. 171–173.

[5] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Alps" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 741.

[igm-6] "IGM 1:25.000 maps". Istituto Geografico Militare . Retrieved 2020-02-23.

[7] Divisione geodetica. "067905 PUNTA CORNOUR". Istituto Geografico Militare . Retrieved 2020-02-22.

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

[geologica-9] Carta Geologica d'Italia scala 1:100.000 - foglio 67 - Pinerolo. ISPRA (Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale). Servizio Geologico d'Italia. Retrieved 2020-02-22.

[gulliver-10] "Cornour (Punta) da Ghigo di Prali, per la cresta NE" (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-02-23.

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