Mont Tout Blanc

Mont Tout Blanc
Mont Taou Blanc, Mont Teu Blanc
Mont Tout Blanc from Punta Leynir
Highest point
Elevation	3,438 m (11,280 ft)[1]
Prominence	111 m (364 ft)[2][3]
Isolation	0.5 km (0.31 mi)
Coordinates	45°31′20″N 7°08′53″E
Geography
Mont Tout Blanc Location in the Alps
Location	Aosta Valley, Italy
Parent range	Graian Alps
Climbing
Easiest route	Hike (scrambling)

The Mont Tout Blanc[1] is a 3,438.2[1] metres high mountain belonging to the Italian side of Graian Alps.

Toponymy

Tout Blanc in French means totally white, all-white. The mountain is also known as Mont Taou Blanc[4] or Mont Teu Blanc.[5]

Geography

The Mont Tout Blanc is located on the ridge dividing the Valsavarenche valley (East of the mountain) from the Rhêmes valley (West),[6] both on the right-hand side of the Aosta Valley. The Aouillé pass (Col de l'Aouillé) divides it from the neighbouring Pointe de l'Aouillé[7] (3,445 m)[8] while the Col Rosset divides the Taou Blanc from Punta Leynir.

SOIUSA classification

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:[9]

• main part = Western Alps
• major sector = North Western Alps
• section = Graian Alps
• subsection = Central Graian Alps
• supergroup = Catena Grande Sassière-Tsanteleina
• group = Costiera Galisia-Entrelor-Bioula
• code = I/B-7.III-A.1

Access to the summit

The mountain can be accessed from Nivolet Pass (2.641 m); this route requires a good hiking experience, although is sometimes considered an alpinistic route of F+ level.[10] The top of the Taou Balnc offers a good point of view on Gran Paradiso massif.

Mountain huts

• Refuge città di Chivasso (2,604 m).

Nature protection

The Mont Tout Blanc belongs to the Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso.[11]

Maps

• Istituto Geografico Militare (IGM) official maps of Italy, 1:25.000 and 1:100.000 scale, on-line version
• Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n. 3 Il Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso, Istituto Geografico Centrale - Torino

External links

• Media related to Mont-Tout-Blanc at Wikimedia Commons
• "Access route on vienormali.it (Taou Blanc - 3438 m)" (in Italian).
• "Summitpost page on the mountain".

References

1. "Navigatore Cartografico SCT (3.14.0)". geonavsct.partout.it. Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta / Région autonome Vallée d'Aoste. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
2. "Mont Teu Blanc, Italy". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
3. Key col: Col de l'Aouillé, 3.327 m
4. Price, Gillian (2018). Walking and Trekking in the Gran Paradiso: Alta Via 2 trek and 28 day walks. Cicerone Press Limited. ISBN 9781783625888. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
5. "Rivista geografica italiana". Società di studi geografici di Firenze (in Italian). 56–57. Società di studi geografici di Firenze: 6. 1949. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
6. "Navigatore Cartografico SCT (3.14.0)". geonavsct.partout.it. Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta / Région autonome Vallée d'Aoste. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
7. SCT Partout géonavigateur - Aosta Valley^[permanent dead link‍]
8. "Cima dell'Aouillè - 3.445". Retrieved 2018-12-20.
9. Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
10. "Taou Blanc - 3438 m" (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-12-20.
11. Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n. 3 Il Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso, Istituto Geografico Centrale - Torino