Grivola

Updated on Dec 13, 2024

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Location Aosta Valley, Italy First ascent 23 August 1859 Parent range Graian Alps		Elevation 3,969 m Prominence 714 m Mountain range Graian Alps, Alps

Listing Alpine mountains above 3000 m Easiest route From Col Lauson (3,296 m) Similar Gran Paradiso, Punta Rossa della Griv, Monte Emilius, Grand Nomenon, Herbétet

The Grivola (3,969 m) is a mountain in the Graian Alps in Italy. It lies between the Valsavarenche and the Cogne Valley.

Map of Grivola, 11012 Cogne, Aosta Valley, Italy

EtymologyEdit

Grivola was named in different ways in the past:

Pic de Cogne

Grivolet

Bec de Grivola

Aiguille de Grivola

"Grivola" firstly appeared in 1845. Giuseppe Giacosa says is comes from Valdôtain griva, meaning song thrush (French: grive). Joseph-Marie Henry indicated grivoline (French: grivoise), a pretty young girl, as for Jungfrau. Paul-Louis Rousset says that the origin is gri in Valgrisenche Valdôtain, meaning "loose stones".

SOIUSA classificationEdit

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain is classified in the following way:

main part = Western Alps

major sector = North-Western Alps

section = Graian Alps

subsection = North-eastern Graian Alps

supergroup = Catena del Gran Paradiso

group = Gruppo Grivola-Gran Serra

subgroup = Sottogruppo della Grivola

code = I/B-7.IV-A.3.b

HutsEdit

Rifugio Federico Chabod (2,750 m)

Bivacco Luciano Gratton (3,198 m)

Bivacco Mario Balzola (3,477 m)

Bivacco Mario Gontier (2,309 m)

Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele II (2,732 m)

Rifugio Vittorio Sella (2,588 m)

MapsEdit

Italian official cartography (Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: www.pcn.minambiente.it

Istituto Geografico Centrale - Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi 1:50.000 scale n.3 Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso and 1:25.000 n.101 Gran Paradiso, La Grivola, Cogne

References

Grivola Wikipedia

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