First ascent 1865 | Elevation 3,692 m | |
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Similar Punta Perazzi, Becca di Gay, Ciarforon, Herbétet, Torre di Sant'Orso | ||
Torre del Gran San Pietro or Gran Peirro, 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, near the Cogne Valley.
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Map of Torre del Gran San Pietro, 11012 Cogne, Aosta Valley, Italy
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. 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.
References
Torre del Gran San Pietro Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA