Torre del Gran San Pietro

Torre del Gran San Pietro (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, in northern Italy, near the Cogne Valley.

Torre del Gran San Pietro
Tour du Grand-Saint-Pierre
Torre del Gran San Pietro over the Coupé de Money glacier
Highest point
Elevation3,692 m (12,113 ft)
ListingAlpine mountains above 3000 m
Coordinates45°31′36″N 07°21′29″E
Geography
Torre del Gran San Pietro
Tour du Grand-Saint-Pierre
Location in the Alps
LocationAosta Valley, Italy
Parent rangeGraian Alps
Climbing
First ascent14 July 1867

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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