Aiguille de la Grande Sassière

Aiguille de la Grande Sassière

Aiguille de la Grande Sassière
Highest point
Elevation 3,751 m (12,306 ft)
Prominence 792[1]
Coordinates 45°30′18″N 6°59′59″E / 45.50500°N 6.99972°E / 45.50500; 6.99972Coordinates: 45°30′18″N 6°59′59″E / 45.50500°N 6.99972°E / 45.50500; 6.99972
Geography
Aiguille de la Grande Sassière

Location in the Alps

Location Aosta Valley, Italy/Savoie, France
Parent range Graian Alps
Climbing
First ascent 1808 or 1810 by inhabitants of Tignes and soldiers[2][3]
First officially reported ascent by William Mathews and Michel Croz on 5 August 1860

Aiguille de la Grande Sassière is a mountain in the Graian Alps, on the boundary between the Aosta Valley (northern Italy) and the French department of Savoie.

On the Italian side, it marks the end of the Valgrisenche; on the French side it commands the Val d'Isère.

References

  1. "Aiguille de la Grande Sassière - peakbagger". peakbagger.com. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. Grand Sassière at summitpost
  3. W.A.B. Coolidge, The Alps in nature and history, E.P. Dutton publishers, New York, 1908, p. 398
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