Grand Queyron


The Gran Queyron or Grand Queyron is a 3,060 metres high mountain of the Cottian Alps.

Toponymy

In the Italian alpinistic and geographyc 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 and the French department of Hautes-Alpes. It belongs to the Main chain of the Alps. Administratively the mountain is the tripoint where the Italian comunes of Sauze di Cesana and Prali meet with the French commune of Abriès.

SOIUSA classification

According to SOIUSA the mountain can be classified in the following way:
The summit of the Gran Queyron can be accessed starting from the village of Bout du Col by marked foothpaths 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.

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