Pointe de Paumont (in

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) or Cima del Vallone (in

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) is a mountain of

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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and of the

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. It lies in the

Cottian Alps The Cottian Alps (; ; ) 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 Rail Tunnel between Modane and Susa, Ital ...

range. It has an elevation of 3,171 metres above sea level.

Etymology

''Paumort'', the name used on French maps, should come from a toponym used on the Italian side of the mountain (''croce di Paumont'', ''rio di Paumont''), which derives from

Piedmontese Piedmontese ( ; autonym: or ; ) is a language spoken by some 2,000,000 people mostly in Piedmont, a region of Northwest Italy. Although considered by most linguists a separate language, in Italy it is often mistakenly regarded as an Italian ...

''"pàu mòrt"'' («fear of death»).

Geography

In the French subdivision of

Western Alps The Western Alps are the western part of the Alps, 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 Switzer ...

it belongs to the ''

Massif du Mont-Cenis A massif () is a principal mountain mass, such as a compact portion of a mountain range, containing one or more summits (e.g. France's Massif Central). In mountaineering literature, ''massif'' is frequently used to denote the main mass of a ...

'' while in the

SOIUSA Alps by SOIUSA. SOIUSA (an acronym for - English: ''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps-ISMSA'') is a classification system of the Alps from the geographic and toponomastic point of view. It was designed by Sergio Maraz ...

(''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') it' the highest mountain of a subgroups (''STG'') called ''Crête Grand Vallon-pointe du Fréjus'' ( Fr) or ''Cresta Gran Vallone-punta del Fréjus'' ( It) -

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:I/A-4.III-B.5.a. Administratively the mountain is divided between the commune of

Avrieux Avrieux is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. Geography Climate Avrieux has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification ''Dfb''). The average annual temperature in Avr ...

( F, north face) and the

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

Bardonecchia Bardonecchia (; ; , ) is an Italian town and ''comune'' located in the Metropolitan City of Turin, in the Piedmont region, in the western part of Susa Valley. It grew out of a small village with the works for the Fréjus Rail Tunnel, the first c ...

( I, south-western and south-eastern faces).

Access to the summit

The easiest route for the summit starts from Pelouse's pass, which connects

and

, and follows the eastern ridge of the mountain passing by Cime Gardoria/Cima Gardiola (3,137 m). Other two routes, roughly of the same

climbing grade Many climbing routes have grades for the technical difficulty, and in some cases for the risks, of the route. The first ascensionist can suggest a grade but it will be amended for the ''consensus view'' of subsequent ascents. While many cou ...

, follow the other two ridges which meet on the mountain's summit: the southern one from Roccia Verde pass and the northwestern one from

Punta Bagnà Punta Bagnà (in Italian) or Cime du Grand Vallon (in French) is a mountain of Savoie, France and of the Province of Turin, Italy. It lies in the Cottian Alps range. It has an elevation of 3,129 metres above sea level. Etymology The name used ...

Notes

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
* Istituto Geografico Centrale - Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n.1 ''Valli di Susa Chisone e Germanasca'' and 1:25.000 n.104 ''Bardonecchia Monte Thabor Sauze d'Oulx''

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