Torre del Gran San Pietro
Torre del Gran San Pietro Tour du Grand-Saint-Pierre | |
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![]() Torre del Gran San Pietro over the Coupé de Money glacier | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,692 m (12,113 ft) |
Prominence | 332 m (1,089 ft) ![]() |
Isolation | 7.05 km (4.38 mi) ![]() |
Listing | Alpine mountains above 3000 m |
Coordinates | 45°31′36″N 07°21′29″E / 45.52667°N 7.35806°ECoordinates: 45°31′36″N 07°21′29″E / 45.52667°N 7.35806°E |
Geography | |
![]() ![]() Torre del Gran San Pietro Tour du Grand-Saint-Pierre Location in the Alps | |
Location | Aosta Valley, Italy |
Parent range | Graian Alps |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 14 July 1867 |
Torre del Gran San Pietro (French: Tour du Grand-Saint-Pierre) is a mountain in the Gran Paradiso massif, a sub-group of the Graian Alps, with an elevation of 3,692 m. It is located between Piedmont and Aosta Valley, in northern Italy, near the Cogne Valley.
First ascent[]
In 1865 Amé Gorret, Martino Baretti, and J. P. Carrel reached a subsidiary summit on the crest of the mountain, which they subsequently dubbed Pic du Retour.[1] Two years later, Daniel Ballay and Michel Payot guided Douglas Freshfield, C. C. Tucker, T. H. Carson, and J. H. Backhouse to the main summit.[2]
![Gran San Pietro.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Gran_San_Pietro.jpg/220px-Gran_San_Pietro.jpg)
See also[]
- List of mountains of the Alps
References[]
- ^ George Yel, Scrambles in the Eastern Graians, London, 1900
- ^ Torre del Gran San Pietroage at SummitPost
Categories:
- Mountains of Aosta Valley
- Mountains of Piedmont
- Mountains of the Graian Alps
- Alpine three-thousanders