Roccia melon
| Roccia melon | ||
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 The Rocciamelone from Colle delle Finestre seen from |
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| height | 3538 m slm | |
| location | Piedmont , Italy | |
| Mountains | Graian Alps | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 12 '12 " N , 7 ° 4' 36" E | |
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| First ascent | 1358 by Bonifacio Rotario D'Asti | |
| Normal way | Secure path, surefootedness necessary | |
 The rocci melon from the Susa valley |
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The Rocciamelone ( Piedmontese Rociamlon , French Rochemelon ) is located on the southern edge of the Graian Alps and towers over the city of Susa by about 3000 meters. This made it the highest mountain in the Alps for a long time .
The first ascent took place in the Middle Ages, on September 1, 1358, by Bonifacio Rotario d'Asti in the form of a pilgrimage as thanks for having escaped slavery among the Turks . In memory of the first climber, the refuge is called Rifugio Cà d'Asti at an altitude of 2854 m on the southern flank of the Rocciamelone (normal ascent) .
At the summit is now a statue of Mary and a chapel (with bivouac area), the highest in the Alps. The pilgrimage to the Madonna della Neve takes place every year on August 5th. For this purpose, the pilgrims carry a sack of sand from the hut to the summit. Pope John Paul II wrote a greeting to mark the centenary of the statue of Mary at the summit in 1999.
The three main (and easiest) access routes are from Bessans (F), Susa and Usseglio .
The summit is one of the easiest " three-and-a-half-thousanders " (cf. Barrhorn ) and therefore offers a view that mountain hikers can hardly reach anywhere else and encompasses large parts of the French Alps and the entire Lombard-Piedmontese Alpine arc - the Ligurian Alps over the Monte Viso ( Cottian Alps ) in the south over the Mont Blanc , the Gran Paradiso and the Monte Rosa in the north to the Bernina group and Adamello in the northeast.
literature
- Sabine Bade / Wolfram Mikuteit: Piedmont hiking . Michael-Müller-Verlag, Erlangen 2010, ISBN 978-3-89953-566-2
- Sabine Bade / Wolfram Mikuteit: Alta Via Val di Susa , Fernwege-Verlag, 2nd edition 2009, ISBN 978-3-937304-77-9
