The Mont Tout Blanc[1] is a 3,438.2[1] metres high mountain belonging to the Italian side of Graian Alps.
Mont Tout Blanc | |
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Mont Taou Blanc, Mont Teu Blanc | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,438 m (11,280 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 111 m (364 ft)[2][3] |
Isolation | 0.5 km (0.31 mi) |
Coordinates | 45°31′20″N 7°08′53″E / 45.52226°N 7.14803°E |
Geography | |
Location | Aosta Valley, Italy |
Parent range | Graian Alps |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Hike (scrambling) |
Toponymy
editTout Blanc in French means totally white, all-white. The mountain is also known as Mont Taou Blanc[4] or Mont Teu Blanc.[5]
Geography
editThe Mont Tout Blanc is located on the ridge dividing the Valsavarenche valley (East of the mountain) from the Rhêmes valley (West),[6] both on the right-hand side of the Aosta Valley. The Aouillé pass (Col de l'Aouillé) divides it from the neighbouring Pointe de l'Aouillé[7] (3,445 m)[8] while the Col Rosset divides the Taou Blanc from Punta Leynir.
SOIUSA classification
editAccording to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:[9]
- main part = Western Alps
- major sector = North Western Alps
- section = Graian Alps
- subsection = Central Graian Alps
- supergroup = Catena Grande Sassière-Tsanteleina
- group = Costiera Galisia-Entrelor-Bioula
- code = I/B-7.III-A.1
Access to the summit
editThe mountain can be accessed from Nivolet Pass (2.641 m); this route requires a good hiking experience, although is sometimes considered an alpinistic route of F+ level.[10] The top of the Taou Balnc offers a good point of view on Gran Paradiso massif.
Mountain huts
edit- Refuge città di Chivasso (2,604 m).
Nature protection
editThe Mont Tout Blanc belongs to the Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso.[11]
Maps
edit- Istituto Geografico Militare (IGM) official maps of Italy, 1:25.000 and 1:100.000 scale, on-line version
- Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n. 3 Il Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso, Istituto Geografico Centrale - Torino
External links
edit- Media related to Mont-Tout-Blanc at Wikimedia Commons
- "Access route on vienormali.it (Taou Blanc - 3438 m)" (in Italian).
- "Summitpost page on the mountain".
References
edit- ^ a b c "Navigatore Cartografico SCT (3.14.0)". geonavsct.partout.it. Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta / Région autonome Vallée d'Aoste. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
- ^ "Mont Teu Blanc, Italy". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
- ^ Key col: Col de l'Aouillé, 3.327 m
- ^ Price, Gillian (2018). Walking and Trekking in the Gran Paradiso: Alta Via 2 trek and 28 day walks. Cicerone Press Limited. ISBN 9781783625888. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
- ^ "Rivista geografica italiana". Società di studi geografici di Firenze (in Italian). 56–57. Società di studi geografici di Firenze: 6. 1949. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
- ^ "Navigatore Cartografico SCT (3.14.0)". geonavsct.partout.it. Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta / Région autonome Vallée d'Aoste. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
- ^ SCT Partout géonavigateur - Aosta Valley[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Cima dell'Aouillè - 3.445". Retrieved 2018-12-20.
- ^ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
- ^ "Taou Blanc - 3438 m" (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-12-20.
- ^ Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n. 3 Il Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso, Istituto Geografico Centrale - Torino