Monte Freidour

{{short description|Mountain in Italy}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Monte Freidour

| photo = Monte_Freidour_001.JPG

| photo_caption = Southern side.

| elevation_m = 1451

| elevation_ref = {{cite web | url = https://www.caipinerolo.it/wp/giro-del-monte-sette-confini-freidour-val-lemina/ | title = Giro del Monte Sette Confini – Freidour (Val Lemina) | accessdate = 18 January 2022 | language = it | publisher = CAI - Sezione di Pinerolo | date = 14 April 2021 }}

| prominence_m =158

| prominence_ref= {{peakbagger | 66315| Monte Freidour-Punta Sperino, Italy }}

| location = Piedmont, Italy

| range = Cottian Alps

| listing =

| map = Italy

| range_coordinates =

| map_caption = Location in Italy

| coordinates = {{coord|44|58|22.85|N|7|18|13.49|E|type:mountain_region:IT_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref=

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route =

}}

Monte Freidour is a mountain in the Cottian Alps, Metropolitan City of Turin in Piedmont, north-western Italy. It has an elevation of 1.451 m, with a secondary summit at {{convert|1445|m|ft|0}},{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pDV4PhnOXIEC&q=Monte+Freidour+1445 | title = The Alpine Journal | volume = 86 | publisher = Alpine Club | year = 1981 | pages = 152 | access-date = 2020-02-10 }} and is composed of gneiss cliffs overlooking the town of Cumiana.

History

File:Monte Freidour 002.JPG

At the top of the mountain is a monument celebrating the 8 members of the crew (F/Sgt. C.W. Lawton (Australian), Sgt.s T.D. Fotheringham, E.H.A. Clift, G. Tennison, D.W. Bishop, D.R. Wellon, S.E. Lockton and J. Bucks) of a British Liberator bomber that crashed there on 14 October 1944, during a mission in support of Italian partisans.

Access to the summit

The peak can also be reached from Talucco, a frazione of Pinerolo, and from Cantalupa or Giaveno. The Monte Tre Denti is located nearby. The summit can also be reache bu mountain bike.

References

{{Commons category-inline}}

{{Reflist}}

{{clear}}

Freidour

{{Piedmont-geo-stub}}