Torre del Gran San Pietro

Torre del Gran San Pietro
Tour du Grand Saint-Pierre

Torre del Gran San Pietro over the Coupé di Money glacier
Highest point
Elevation 3,692 m (12,113 ft)
Coordinates 45°31′36″N 07°21′29″E / 45.52667°N 7.35806°E / 45.52667; 7.35806Coordinates: 45°31′36″N 07°21′29″E / 45.52667°N 7.35806°E / 45.52667; 7.35806
Geography
Torre del Gran San Pietro
Tour du Grand Saint-Pierre

Location in the Alps

Location Aosta Valley, Italy
Parent range Graian Alps
Climbing
First ascent 14 July 1867

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.

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.[1] 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.[2]

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