Location Aosta Valley, Italy First ascent 20 July 1901 Mountain range Mont Blanc massif | Elevation 4,469 m Prominence 39 m Parent range Mont Blanc massif | |
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Isolation 0.73 km → M Blanc de Courmayeur First ascenders Joseph Brocherel, G.B. Gugliermina, G.F. Gugliermina Similar Mont Brouillard, Punta Baretti, Aiguille du Jardin, Dôme de Rochefort, Grande Rocheuse | ||
Picco Luigi Amedeo (French: Pointe Louis Amédée) (4,460 metres (14,630 ft)) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the Val d'Aosta, Italy. It lies on the Brouillard ridge to the summit of Mont Blanc.
Map of Picco Luigi Amedeo, 11013 Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy
The mountain is named after Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, after whom the Abruzzi Spur on K2 is also named.
The first ascent of the peak was by G.B. and G.F. Gugliermina with the Aostan guide Joseph Brocherel on 20 July 1901. The first ascent of the entire Brouillard ridge including Picco Luigi Amedeo was by Karl Blodig, Humphrey Owen Jones, Geoffrey Winthrop Young with the guide Josef Knubel of St. Niklaus in the canton Valais on 9 August 1911.
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