Punta Leynir

Last updated
Punta Leynir
French: Pointe du Leynir
Punta Leynir da Col Rosset.png
Punta Leynir from Col Rosset
Highest point
Elevation 3,238 m (10,623 ft) [1]
Prominence 151 m (495 ft) [2] [3]
Isolation 0.62 km (0.39 mi)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Coordinates 45°30′58″N7°08′15″E / 45.51603°N 7.13744°E / 45.51603; 7.13744
Geography
Alps location map.png
Red triangle with thick white border.svg
Punta Leynir
Location in the Alps
Location Piedmont/Aosta Valley, Italy
Parent range Graian Alps
Climbing
Easiest route Hike

The Punta Leynir (Pointe du Leynir in French [1] ) is a 3,238 [1] metres high mountain belonging to the Italian side of Graian Alps.

Contents

Toponymy

The name Leynir comes from the Franco-Provençal for "black lake", referring to the color of a small lake located SE of the mountain. The name Punta del Leynir was adopted by the old maps of IGM. [4] Giovanni Bobba and Luigi Vaccarone in their Guida delle Alpi Occidentali (Guide book to Western Alps) named the mountain Punta Vaudaletta, while in the technical map of the autonomous region Aosta Valley its name is Pointe du Leynir. [1]

Geography

Summit cairn and, in the background, the Mont Tout Blanc. Mont-Tout-Blanc da Punta Leynir.png
Summit cairn and, in the background, the Mont Tout Blanc.

The mountain is located on the border between Piedmont and Aosta Valley and its summit is the tripoint where the Orco Valley meets the Valsavarenche and the Rhêmes valleys, both tributaries of Dora Baltea. The Leynir Pass (3,084 m, NE of the summit) divides the mountain from the Mont Tout Blanc, while the Orco/Valsavarenche ridge continues towards SW with Col Rosset (3,023 m) and Pointe Rosset (3,100 m). From the Punta Leynir originates the Orco/Rhêmes ridge, heading SE. After a saddle at 3,112 m [1] it rises to the neighbouring Punta Bes (3,177 m) and then it goes down reaching the Nivolet Pass. [5] The summit of Punta Leynir is flanked from SW by a subsummit, divided from the main summit by a 350-m stretch of ridge, not difficult to traverse. [4] The mountain, due to its location, offers a very good view on the nearby massif of Gran Paradiso.

SOIUSA classification

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way: [6]

Access to the summit

The mountain can be accessed from the Nivolet Pass (2.641 m); this route requires a good hiking experience. [7] Along with Punta Leynir some hikers also climb the nearby Punta Bes. [4] For ski mountaineers, who also usually start from the Nivolet Pass, the level of difficulty is considered BS (Good Skiers). [8]

Mountain huts

Nature protection

Punta Leynir belongs to the Gran Paradiso National Park. [5]

Maps

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Navigatore Cartografico SCT (3.14.0)". geonavsct.partout.it. Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta / Région autonome Vallée d'Aoste. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
  2. ↑ "Punta del Leynir, Italy". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  3. ↑ Key col: Col de l'Aouillé, 3.327 m
  4. 1 2 3 Berutto, Giulio (1979). "Punta del Leynir o Punta Vaudaletta". Il parco nazionale del Gran Paradiso (in Italian). Vol. 1. Istituto Geografico Centrale. pp. 168–169.
  5. 1 2 Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n. 3 Il Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso, Istituto Geografico Centrale - Torino
  6. ↑ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN   978-88-8068-273-8.
  7. ↑ laika58 (2016-08-13). "Leynir (Punte Nord e Sud) dai Piani del Nivolet per il Col Leynir" (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-12-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ "Leynir (Punta) da Colle del Nivolet" (in Italian). 23 March 2010. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.