Grand Queyron

Gran Queyron
Grand Queyron
Winter view of Gran Queyron with Cima Frappier to the right and punta Raisin on the left
Highest point
Elevation	3,060 m (10,040 ft)[1]
Prominence	295 m (968 ft)
Listing	Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Coordinates	44°50′36″N 7°00′02″E
Geography
Gran Queyron Location in the Alps
Location	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Piemonte, Italy
Parent range	Cottian Alps
Climbing
Easiest route	Hike

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

Toponymy

In the Italian alpinistic and geographyc literature the mountain also appears as Gran Queyròn, Frapeyràs[1] 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).[2]

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

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

1. 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. "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.
7. "Cima Frappier / Gran Queyron" (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-12-12.

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

External links

Media related to Grand Queyron at Wikimedia Commons

• "360 degrees panoramic photograph from the summit". Pano.ica-net.it. Archived from the original on 2016-02-14. Retrieved 2018-12-12.