Punta Tempesta is a 2,679
m a.s.l. mountain
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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 Ra ...
, located in
Italy
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.
Etymology
The name ''Tempesta'' in
Italian
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means ''Storm''.
Geography
The mountain is located on a ridge which divides two sub-valleys of the
Maira watershed, Vallone di Marmora (west) and Vallone di Intersile; its summit stands not faraway from the
water divide between
Valle Maira
Maira Valley (in Italian ''Val Maira'' or ''Valle Macra'') is a valley in south-west of Piedmont in the Province of Cuneo, Italy.
Etymology
The valley takes its name from the river Maira, a right-hand tributary of the Po which flows through the ...
and
Valle Grana. Punta tempesta is separated from the neighbouring
Monte Tibert by the Intersile Pass (2.520 m), while heading SE Sibolet Pass (2.546 m) divides it from Punta Sibolet (2581 m). Towards North the ridge between Marmora and Intersile sub-valleys goes on with a mountain named ''Punta La Piovosa'' (in English ''Rainy Summit'', 2.602 m).
Punta Tempesta administratively belongs to the
Marmora municipality (''
comune
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'').
SOIUSA classification
According to
SOIUSA Alps by SOIUSA.
SOIUSA (an acronym for - English: ''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps-ISMSA'') is a proposal for a new classification system of the Alps from the geographic and toponomastic point of view.
It was designe ...
(''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') the mountain can be classified in the following way:
* main part =
Western Alps
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* major sector = North Western Alps
* section =
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 Ra ...
* subsection = Alpi del Monviso
* supergroup =Gruppo del Chambeyron in senso ampio
* group = Gruppo dell'Oserot
* subgroup = Gruppo della Meja
*
code = I/A-4.I-A.2.b
Access to the summit
Punta Tempesta is accessible via
waymark
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A blaz ...
ed footpaths from different locations. Among them can be cited
Esischie Pass,
Santuario di San Magno (in
Valle Grana, 1.761 m) and Tolosano, a
frazione
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(village) of
Marmora. In the Italian scale tweir
hiking
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difficulty is rated ''E'' (''Escursionisti'', namely suitable for normal hikers). Sometimes the hikers also reach
monte Tibert or other nearby mountains. During winter Punta Tempesta is also a popular destination for
alpine ski
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ers or hikers with
snowshoe
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s.
References
Maps
*
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. 7 ''Valli Maira-Grana-Stura''
Photo gallery
External links
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Two-thousanders of Italy
Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Piedmont