Bric Ghinivert or Eiminàl (3,037 m a.s.l.) is a

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of the

Cottian Alps The Cottian Alps (; french: Alpes Cottiennes ; it, Alpi Cozie ) are a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps. They form the border between France (Hautes-Alpes and Savoie) and Italy (Piedmont). The Fréjus Road Tunnel and Fréjus Rai ...

located in

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Geography

The mountain is the highest elevation of the

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between Val Troncea (West) and

Valle Germanasca The Valle Germanasca is a valley in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, north-western Italy run by the Germanasca stream, a right affluent of the Chisone. The valley, in the past affected by a strong depopulation, is now partially charact ...

(East). Following northwards the ridge ''Colle del Beth'' (''Beth Pass'', 2783 m a.s.l.) divides Bric Ghinivert from '' Bric di Mezzogiorno'' (2,986 m a.s.l.), while going South ''Colle di Ghinivert'' (2,831 m a.s.l.) separates it from '' Monte Peolioso'' (2,886 m a.s.l.).Carta

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1:25.000 scale, se
www.pcn.minambiente.it
(access: February 2017) Administratively the mountain is on the border between

Pragelato Pragelato (also ''Pragelà''; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Prajalats'', French: Prajalats) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin, in the upper Val Chisone. The name ''Prag ...

and

Massello Massello is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km west of Turin, in the Valle Germanasca. Massello borders the following municipalities: Pragelato, Roure, Fenestrell ...

municipalities (''

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''). On Bric Ghinivert top stands a summit cross.

SOIUSA classification

According to

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(''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') the mountain can be classified in the following way: * main part =

Western Alps The Western Alps are the western part of the Alpine Range including the southeastern part of France (e.g. Savoie), the whole of Monaco, the northwestern part of Italy (i.e. Piedmont and the Aosta Valley) and the southwestern part of Switzerland ( ...

* major sector = North Western Alps * section =

* subsection = Alpi del Monginevro * supergroup = Catena Bucie-Grand Queyron-Orsiera * group = Gruppo Queyron-Albergian-Sestrière * subgroup = Sottogruppo Ghinivert-Albergian *

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= I/A-4.II-A.2.b

Nature conservation

The western face of the mountain belongs to the

Parco naturale Val Troncea The nature park Parco naturale Val Troncea is located in Val Chisone, municipality of Pragelato in the Metropolitan City of Turin. The park was created in 1980 to preserve the natural environment. Geography The park is located between 1670 AMSL a ...

Access to the summit

Easy routes to Bric Ghinivert start either from Val Troncea or from Val Germanasca; in both cases they do not require alpinistic skills but some

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. In the Italian scale of

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difficulty is rated ''EE'' (''Escursionisti Esperti'', namely suitable for ''expert hikers''). A mountain hut managed by the nature Park is available for hikers on Colle del Beth previous arrangements with the park staff.

History

Around the mountain are still identifiable remains of ancient

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mines and the connected miner's village. Aexplanatory boards created by the Nature Park outline the site history.

Notes

References

Istituto Geografico Militare The ''Istituto Geografico Militare'' (IGM), or Military Geographic Institute, is an Italian public organization, dependent on the Italian Army general staff (''Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito''). It is the national mapping agency for Italy. Overvie ...

(IGM) official maps of Italy, 1:25,000 and 1:100,000 scale
on-line version
* Istituto Geografico Centrale – Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n. 1 ''Valli di Susa, Chisone e Germanasca'' * Istituto Geografico Centrale – Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:25.000 n.105 ''Sestriere, Claviere, San Sicario, Prali''

External links

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Alpine three-thousanders Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Piedmont