Rognosa d'Etiache (in

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) or Rognosa d'Étache (in French) is a mountain in the

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on the border of

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, and

Savoie Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè'' or ''Savouè-d'Avâl''; English: ''Savoy'' ) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Southeastern France. Located in the French Alps, its prefecture is Chambéry. In 2019, Savoie had a population o ...

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. It has an elevation of 3,382 metres above sea level.

Geography

The mountain is located at the head of the Susa valley in Italy and the Maurienne valley in France and is on the border of the Italian

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of Bardonecchia to the south and the French commune of Bramans to the north. With an elevation of 3,382 m, it is the second highest peak of the Northern Cottian Alps after the Aiguille de Scolette (3,506 m), edging out Mont d'Ambin to its east by four metres. The SOIUSA partition of the Alps places Rognosa in the Ambin group of the northern

, in the Etiache ridge with

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I/B-9.IV-A.2.a. According to the French partition of the Western Alps, the mountain is part of the Ambin group of the :fr:Massif du Mont-Cenis.

Access to the summit

The mountain has a long summit ridge running NE to SW with three peaks, the Pt. NE (3,376 m) on the French border, and the Pt. SO (southwest; 3,382 m) and Torre Maria Celeste (3,342 m) on the Italian side. The SE face of the ridge is 300 m high and is pretty much vertical. It was first scaled in 1929 and offers multiple hard climbing routes. The easiest route to the summit starts from Rifugio Scarfiotti (a CAI mountain hut) and follows the WNW face. It requires some climbing skills.

Mountain huts

* Rifugio Scarfiotti (2,165 m). * Refuge d'Ambin (2,270 m).

Maps

* Italian official cartography (''

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

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'' - IGN); on-line version:
www.geoportail.fr
* I.G.C. (''Istituto Geografico Centrale''), ''Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi'' 1:50.000 scale n. 1 ''Valli di Susa Chisone e Germanasca'' and 1:25.000 scale n. 104 ''Bardonecchia Monte Thabor Sauze d'Oulx''

Notes

{{Reflist Alpine three-thousanders France–Italy border International mountains of Europe Mountains of Piedmont Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Savoie Mountains partially in France