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Grand Queyron

Coordinates: 44°50′36″N 7°00′02″E / 44.843455°N 7.000694°E / 44.843455; 7.000694
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Gran Queyron
Grand Queyron
Winter view of Gran Queyron with Cima Frappier to the right and punta Raisin on the left
Highest point
Elevation3,060 m (10,040 ft)[1]
Prominence295 m (968 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
ListingAlpine mountains above 3000 m
Coordinates44°50′36″N 7°00′02″E / 44.843455°N 7.000694°E / 44.843455; 7.000694
Geography
Gran Queyron is located in Alps
Gran Queyron
Gran Queyron
Location in the Alps
LocationProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Piemonte, Italy
Parent rangeCottian Alps
Climbing
Easiest routeHike

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

Toponymy

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

Geography

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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

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

  • main part = Western Alps
  • major sector = South Western Alps
  • section = Cottian Alps
  • subsection = Central Cottian Alps
  • supergroup = Catena Bucie-Grand Queyron-Orsiera
  • group = Queyron-Albergian-Sestrière
  • subgroup = Grand Queyron-Vergia-Rognosa
  • code = I/A-4.II-A.2.a

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

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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.

Maps

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