Monte Civrari

Monte Civrari
Monte Civrari
Punta Imperatoria
	The summit of Monte Civrari (Punta Imperatoria)
Highest point
Elevation	2,302 m (7,552 ft)
Prominence	414 m (1,358 ft)
Isolation	4.26 km (2.65 mi)
Listing	Alpine mountains 2000-2499 m
Coordinates	45°11′31″N 7°19′39″E / 45.1920614°N 07.3275036°E
Geography
	Monte Civrari Location in the Alps
Location	Province of Turin, Italy
Parent range	Graian Alps
Climbing
Easiest route	Hiking from Colle del Colombardo or Niquidetto

The Monte Civrari is a mountain of the Graian Alps, with an elevation of 2,302 m.^[1]

Etymology[edit]

The name Civrari means goats’ mountain (from ciavra, the Piedmontese word for goat).^[2] There is strong evidence that the area was in the past widely exploited for goat grazing.^[3]

Geography[edit]

The Civrari is not an isolated peak but a small massif. Its main summit is named Punta Imperatoria; in the massif are also located Torretta del Prete (2.264 m), Punta della Croce (2.236 m), Monte Rognoso (1.952 m) and, in a wider sense, also the Punte di Costafiorita and Punta Sourela (1.777 m). On the summit of Punta Imperatoria stands a trigpoint of the IGM named Monte Civrari (code 055037).^[4]

Punta Imperatoria is located slightly N of the ridge dividing Val Susa from Val di Viù, and stands on the border between the comunes of Viù and Lemie (both in the Metropolitan City of Turin).

SOIUSA classification[edit]

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

main part = Western Alps
major sector = North Western Alps
section = Graian Alps
subsection = Southern Graian Alps
supergroup = catena Rocciamelone-Charbonel
group = gruppo del Rocciamelone
subgroup = cresta Lunella-Arpone
code = I/B-7.I-A.2.b

Access to the summit[edit]

The easiest route for the summit is a footpath starting from Niquidetto or from the Colle del Colombardo, a mountain pass which connects Viù and Condove and can be reached with 4wd vehicles.

Maps[edit]

Italian official cartography (Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: www.pcn.minambiente.it
I.G.C. (Istituto Geografico Centrale): Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi 1:50.000 scale n.2 Valli di Lanzo e Moncenisio, and 1:25.000 scale n.110 Basse valli di Lanzo

Bibliography[edit]

Alpi Graie meridionali, Giulio Berutto e Lino Fornelli, Guida dei Monti d'Italia; Club Alpino Italiano, 1980

Notes[edit]

^ Geoportale IGM on www.pcn.minambiente.it
^ Gallenga, Antonio Napoleone (1856). Storia del Piemonte dai primi tempi alla Pace di Parigi (in Italian). Vol. 1. Eredi Botta editore. p. 11.
^ Clavarino, Luigi (1867). Saggio di corografia: statistica e storica delle Valli di Lanzo (in Italian). Stamperia della Gazzetta del popolo. p. 133.
^ Punti Geodetici, IGM, on www.igmi.org Archived June 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (consultato nel marzo 2011)
^ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 134. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.