Английская Википедия:Grand Queyron
The Gran Queyron (in Italian) or Grand Queyron (in French[1]) is a 3,060 metres high mountain of the Cottian Alps.[2]
Toponymy
In the Italian alpinistic and geographyc literature the mountain also appears as Gran Queyròn, Frapeyràs[3] 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).[1]
SOIUSA classification
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
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
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
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