The Gran Queyron (in Italian) or Grand Queyron (in French) is a 3,060 metres high mountain of the Cottian Alps.
Toponymy In the Italian alpinistic and geographic literature the mountain also appears as Gran Queyròn, Frapeyràs or Gran Zueyron.
Geography The peak is located on the French-Italian border between the Metropolitan City of Turin (Piedmont) and the French department of Hautes-Alpes (Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur). It belongs to the Main chain of the Alps. Administratively the mountain is the tripoint where the Italian comunes of Sauze di Cesana (north-west face) and Prali (north-east face) meet with the French commune of Abriès (south face).
SOIUSA classification According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way: main part = Western Alps major sector = South Western Alps section = Cottian Alps subsection = Central Cottian Alps supergroup = Catena Bucie-Grand Queyron-Orsiera group = Queyron-Albergian-Sestrière subgroup = Grand Queyron-Vergia-Rognosa code = I/A-4.II-A.2.a
Access to the summit
The summit of the Gran Queyron can be accessed starting from the village of Bout du Col (Prali) by marked footpaths with some hiking experience. Another way follows the Argentera valley from Bergeria del Gran Miôl, which can be accessed with a 4 wheel drive vehicle. From there the climb to the summit takes a little less than 2.5 hours's walk.
References
Maps 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
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