The Punta Ramiere (in

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) or Bric Froid (in French) is a mountain in 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 ...

belonging to the

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Hautes-Alpes Hautes-Alpes (; oc, Auts Aups; en, Upper Alps) is a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. It is located in the heart of the French Alps, after which it is named. Hautes-Alpes had a population of 141,220 ...

( FR) and the

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Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...

( IT). It's the highest peak of the long stretch of the Po/ Rhone

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starting from the

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(north) and ending with the

Monviso Monte Viso or Monviso (; oc, Vísol; Piedmontese: ''Brich Monviso'' or ''Viso'') is the highest mountain of the Cottian Alps. It is located in Italy close to the French border. Monte Viso is well known for its pyramid-like shape and, because it i ...

group (south).

Geography

The Ramiere is the

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at which the borders of the Italian

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s of

Sauze di Cesana Sauze di Cesana (French: Sauze de Césane) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km west of Turin, on the border with France. Sauze di Cesana borders the foll ...

and

Cesana Cesana Torinese (French ''Césanne'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin, on the border with France. Cesana is a popular winter ski resort, being connect ...

and the French

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of Abries meet. The

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of the Italian Military Geographic Institute named ''Punta Ramiere'' (code 066104) is defined on the top of the mountain.

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 = Central Cottian Alps * supergroup = ( It:Catena Bric Froid-Rochebrune-Beal Traversier/ Fr:Chaîne Bric Froid-Rochebrune-Beal Traversier ) * group = ( It:Gruppo Ramiere-Merciantaira/ Fr:Groupe Bric Froid-Grand Glaiza) * subgroup = ( It:Gruppo della Ramiere/ Fr:Crête du Bric Froid) *

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= I/A-4.II-B.4.a

Access to the summit

The easiest route for the summit starts from Colle Ramiere (''Ramiere pass'', 3,007 m) and reaches the mountain top by its northwestern ridge. The pass can be attained by foothpat from the Thuras valley (

Cesana Torinese Cesana Torinese (French ''Césanne'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin, on the border with France. Cesana is a popular winter ski resort, being connected ...

) or the Argentiera valley (

Nature conservation

The Punta Ramiere is located on the northern border of the French regional

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Queyras The Queyras ( oc, Cairàs) is a valley located in the French Hautes-Alpes, of which the geographical extent is the basin of the river Guil, a tributary of the Durance. The Queyras is one of the oldest mountain ranges of the Alps, and it was one of ...

(''Parc naturel régional du Queyras ''), established in 1977.''Histoire'', web page on the nature park sit
www.pnr-queyras.com
(accessed in Mayl 2012)

References

Maps

* Italian official cartography (''

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); on-line version
www.pcn.minambiente.it
* French official cartography (''

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'' - IGN); on-line version:
www.geoportail.fr

External links

* ''Punta Ramiere'': 360° panoramic image from the summit o

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