Punta Cornour
{{short description|Mountain in Italy}}
{{Infobox mountain
|name = Punta Cornour
| other_name = Punta Cournour
|photo = Punta_Cornour.JPG
|photo_caption = Late autumn view
| listing = Alpine mountains 2500-2999 m
|elevation_m = 2,868
|elevation_ref =Istituto Geografico Centrale, Carta dei sentieri 1:50.000 scale nr. 6, Monviso
|prominence_m = 418
|prominence_ref = Key col: Passo di Brard, 2,450 m, see [https://www.peakbagger.com/KeyCol.aspx?pid=49937 Peakbagger entry]{{Peakbagger|49937|Punta Cornour, Italy}}
|map = Alps
|map_caption = Location in the Alps
|range = Cottian Alps
|coordinates = {{coord|44.8501817|N|7.0924816|E|type:mountain_region:IT_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|range_coordinates =
|first_ascent = 1836, Captain Cossato of the Royal Sardinian Army
| easiest_route = Hike with some scabbling
}}
The Punta Cornour is a 2,868 metres high mountain on the Italian side of the Cottian Alps.
Toponymy
File:Altopiano dei Tredici Laghi - lago della Drajo.jpg
The mountain is also named Punta Cournour. While Punta Cornour appears in most of the available maps (i.e. the 1:50.000 scale IGC map Valli di Susa Chisone e Germanasca, based on the IGM official Italian 1:25.000 cartography ), Punta Cournour is reported by some older sources as, for instance, the Encyclopædia Britannica in its 1911 edition.{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Alps |volume=1 |page=741}}
Geography
The Punta Cornour is located on the water divide between val Germanasca (North) and val Pellice.
It consists in a prominent peak clearly distinguishable also from the Po plain. The main ridge runs from SW to NE; from the summit branches out another ridge heading South. The summit of the mountain is the tripoint where the comune of Prali (Val Germanasca) meets Bobbio Pellice and Villar Pellice (both in Val Pellice).{{cite web | url = http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer/ | title = IGM 1:25.000 maps | publisher = Istituto Geografico Militare | access-date = 2020-02-23 }} The SE slopes, belonging to the comune of Villar Pellice, are made of steep rock cliffs, while the other faces have gentler slopes with a lot of blocks.
On the summit a small metallic pillar points out a trigpoint named 067905 Punta Cornour, whish belonging to the primary IGM network.{{cite web|url=https://www.igmi.org/geoprodotti/punti-geodetici/igm95/vertice_IGM95/igm95-1555398770.62 |title= 067905 PUNTA CORNOUR |access-date=2020-02-22 | publisher = Istituto Geografico Militare | author = Divisione geodetica }}
= SOIUSA classification =
According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:{{cite book
| last = Marazzi
| first = Sergio
| author-link =
| title = Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA
| publisher = Priuli & Verlucca
| series =
| year = 2005
| language = Italian
| page = 88
| doi =
| isbn = 978-88-8068-273-8
}}
- main part = Western Alps
- major sector = South Western Alps
- section = Cottian Alps
- subsection = Central Cottian Alps
- supergroup = Catena Bucie-Grand Queyron-Orsiera
- group = Gruppo Bucie-Cornour
- subgroup = Costiera Cornour-Cialancia
- code = I/A-4.II.A.1.b
Geology
From a geological point of view the mountain belongs to the Dora-Maira massif series, and is mainly composed of gneiss and mica-schists, with lenses of Augen gneiss, dating back to the pre-Triassic era.{{cite book |title=Carta Geologica d'Italia scala 1:100.000 - foglio 67 - Pinerolo | publisher = ISPRA (Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale) |url=http://193.206.192.231/carta_geologica_italia/tavoletta.php?foglio=67|author=Servizio Geologico d'Italia|accessdate=2020-02-22}}
Access to the summit
The normal route follows the NE ridge of the mountain.{{cite book | series = Guida dei Monti d'Italia | location = Milano| language = it |first1 = Eugenio |last1 =Ferreri |title= Alpi Cozie centrali |year = 1982 | pages = 171–173 |publisher = CAI / TCI }} An access itinerary starts from Ghigo (comune of Prali) close to the valley station of the cable car Seggiovia dei 13 Laghi, which can be used in order to shorten the walk.{{cite web | language = it | url = https://www.gulliver.it/itinerario/8475/ | title = Cornour (Punta) da Ghigo di Prali, per la cresta NE | date = 17 August 2016 | access-date = 2020-02-23}}
References
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Maps
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- {{Cite map | title = Cartografia ufficiale italiana in scala 1:25.000 e 1:100.000 | url = http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer/ | publisher = IGM }}
- {{Cite map | title = Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 nr. 1 "Valli di Susa Chisone e Germanasca" | publisher = Istituto Geografico Centrale | location = Torino }}
- {{Cite map | title = Carta dei sentieri e stradale scala 1:25.000 nr. 5 "Val Germanasca, Val Chisone" | publisher = Fraternali editore | location = Ciriè }}
Category:Alpine three-thousanders