Cottian Alps

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Cottian Alps
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Cottian Alps with Monte Viso

Cottian Alps with Monte Viso

Highest peak Monte Viso ( 3841  m slm )
location Piedmont ( Italy ) / Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ( France )
Coordinates 44 ° 39 ′  N , 7 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 39 ′  N , 7 ° 6 ′  E
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The Cottian Alps ( Kottische Alpen , French Alpes cottiennes , Italian Alpi Cozie ) are a mountain group of the western Alps in the border area between Italy and France (see also Occitania ).

Like the Roman province of Alpes Cottiae , it owes its name to the Ligurian prince Cottius , ruler of the Segusio ( Susa ) region. Cottius did not oppose the Roman campaign carried out by Augustus to subjugate the Alpine peoples (13 BC), but submitted without a fight.

geography

The Cottian Alps are separated from the Graian Alps in the north by the Maurienne , the Arc , the Col du Mont Cenis pass and the Dora Riparia . In the west they are separated from the Dauphiné Alps by the Valoloirette , the Guisane and the Durance valley. In the southwest, after the Ubaye, come the Provençal Prealps . In the south, beyond the Ubayette , the Col de Larche and the Stura di Demonte, the Maritime Alps and the Ligurian Alps in the southeast .

The Italian part of the Cottian Alps belongs to the northern Italian region of Piedmont . Has a share in them

The French part of the Cottian Alps belongs to the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region .

The highest peak is the 3841 meter high Monte Viso (Monviso) on the Italian side .

Highest peaks

Monte Viso and Cottian Alps from Rocciamelone

The highest peaks in the Cottian Alps are:

summit height
Monviso 3841 m
Viso di Vallante 3672 m
Aiguille de Scolette 3506 m
Aiguille de Chambeyron 3412 m
Bric de Chambeyron 3388 m
Pic de la Font Sancte 3387 m
Rognosa d'Etache 3385 m
Dents d'Ambin 3382 m
Punta Ferrant 3364 m
Visolotto 3353 m
Bric de Rubren 3340 m
Rochebrune 3324 m
Punta Sommeiller 3321 m
Mont Giusalet 3313 m
Bric Froid 3302 m
Grand Glaiza 3286 m
Rognosa di Sestriere 3279 m
Panestrel 3253 m
Roche du Grand Galibier 3242 m
Peou Roc 3231 m
Pic du Pelvat 3218 m
Pointe Haute de Mary 3212 m
Pain de sucre 3208 m
Pic du Thabor 3207 m
Pointe des Cerces 3180 m
Tete des Toillies 3179 m
Mont Thabor 3178 m
Monte Granero 3170 m
Mont Chaberton 3135 m
Tete de Moyse / Oronaye 3110 m
Monte Meidassa 3105 m
Pelvo d'Elva 3064 m
Rocca Bianca 3059 m
Mont Politri 3051 m
Mont Albergian 3040 m
Pic caramantran 3025 m
Bric Bouchet 2998 m
Pointe des Marcelettes 2909 m
Pic du Malrif 2906 m
Punta Cournour 2868 m

tourism

Long-distance / long-distance hiking trails

Grande Traversata delle Alpi

The Grande Traversata delle Alpi (GTA), a long-distance hiking trail that is based on old agricultural trails and mule tracks, leads through the Cottian Alps .

Via Alpina

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The Via Alpina , a new cross-border long-distance hiking trail that crosses the entire Alpine arc from Trieste to Monaco with five paths , runs on its 19-stage Blue Trail through the Cottian Alps as follows:

  • Stage D34 from Rifugio Stellina to Refuge du Petit Mont Cenis. The first part of this stage runs through the Graian Alps until you enter the Cottian Alps near the Lac du Mont Cenis .
  • Stage D35 from Refuge du Petit Mont Cenis to Rifugio Vaccarone
  • Stage D36 from Rifugio Vaccarone to Rifugio Levi Molinari
  • Stage D37 from Rifugio Levi-Molinari to Rifugio Arlaud
  • Stage D38 from Rifugio Arlaud to Usseaux
  • Stage D39 from Usseaux to Basiglia
  • Stage D40 from Basiglia to Ghigo di Prali
  • Stage D41 from Ghigo di Prali to the Rifugio Lago Verde
  • Stage D42 from Rifugio Lago Verde to Le Roux
  • Stage D43 from Le Roux to Rifugio Willy Jervis
  • Stage D44 from Rifugio W.Jervis to Rifugio B. Lowrie
  • Stage D45 from Rifugio B. Lowrie to Pian del Re at the foot of Monte Viso
  • Stage D46 from Pian del Re via the Col de la Traversette / Buco di Viso to the Refuge de Viso
  • Stage D47 from Refuge de Viso to Rifugio Savigliano
  • Stage D48 from Rifugio Savigliano to Chiesa di Bellino
  • Stage D49 from Chiesa di Bellino to Elva (Piedmont)
  • Stage D50 from Elva (Piedmont) to Ussolo
  • Stage D51 from Ussolo to Chiappera
  • Stage D52 from Chiappera to Larche , where the Maritime Alps are reached.

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