Pointe de Paumont
| Pointe de Paumont | |
|---|---|
| Cima del Vallone | |
 The mountain seen from Punta Bagnà | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,171 m (10,404 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 378 m (1,240 ft)[1] |
| Parent peak | Aiguille de Scolette[2] |
| Isolation | 3.21 km (1.99 mi)  |
| Listing | Alpine mountains above 3000 m |
| Coordinates | 45°08′21″N 06°43′41″E / 45.13917°N 6.72806°E[1] |
| Geography | |
  Pointe de Paumont Location in the Alps | |
| Location | Rhône-Alpes, France Piedmont, Italy |
| Parent range | Cottian Alps |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | from Pelouse pass (E ridge) or Roccia Verde pass (S ridge) |
Pointe de Paumont (in French) or Cima del Vallone (in Italian) is a mountain of Savoie, France and of the Province of Turin, Italy. It lies in the Cottian Alps range. It has an elevation of 3,171 metres above sea level.
Etymology[edit]
Paumort, the name used on French maps, should come from a toponym used on the Italian side of the mountain (croce di Paumont, rio di Paumont), which derives from Piedmontese "pàu mòrt" («fear of death»).[3]
Geography[edit]
In the French subdivision of Western Alps it belongs to the Massif du Mont-Cenis while in the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) it' the highest mountain of a subgroups (STG) called Crête Grand Vallon-pointe du Fréjus ( Fr) or Cresta Gran Vallone-punta del Fréjus (It) - code:I/A-4.III-B.5.a.[4]
Administratively the mountain is divided between the commune of Avrieux (F, north face) and the comune of Bardonecchia (I, south-western and south-eastern faces).
Access to the summit[edit]
The easiest route for the summit starts from Pelouse's pass, which connects Avrieux and Bardonecchia, and follows the eastern ridge of the mountain passing by Cime Gardoria/Cima Gardiola (3,137 m). Other two routes, roughly of the same climbing grade, follow the other two ridges which meet on the mountain's summit: the southern one from Roccia Verde pass and the northwestern one from Punta Bagnà.[3]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b c Géoportail IGN on www.geoportail.fr
- ^ key col: Col de Pelouse
- ^ a b Aruga, Roberto; Pietro Losana; Alberto Re (1985). Alpi Cozie settentrionali. Guida ai monti d'Italia (in Italian). Club Alpino Italiano.
- ^ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 90. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
Maps[edit]
- 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 and 1:25.000 n.104 Bardonecchia Monte Thabor Sauze d'Oulx
External links[edit]
Media related to Cima del Vallone at Wikimedia Commons
