Monte Civrari

Monte Civrari
Monte Civrari
Punta Imperatoria
	The summit of Monte Civrari (Punta Imperatoria)
Highest point
Prominence	414 m (1,358 ft)
Isolation	4.26 km (2.65 mi)
Listing	Alpine mountains 2000-2499 m
Coordinates	45°11′31″N 7°19′39″E / 45.1920614°N 07.3275036°E
Geography
	Monte Civrari Location in the Alps
Location	Province of Turin, Italy
Parent range	Graian Alps
Climbing
Easiest route	Hiking from Colle del Colombardo or Niquidetto

The Monte Civrari is a mountain of the Graian Alps, with an elevation of 2,302 m.^[1]

Etymology

The name Civrari means goats’ mountain (from ciavra, the Piedmontese word for goat).^[2] There is strong evidence that the area was in the past widely exploited for goat grazing.^[3]

Geography

The Civrari is not an isolated peak but a small massif. Its main summit is named Punta Imperatoria; in the massif are also located Torretta del Prete (2.264 m), Punta della Croce (2.236 m), Monte Rognoso (1.952 m) and, in a wider sense, also the Punte di Costafiorita and Punta Sourela (1.777 m). On the summit of Punta Imperatoria stands a trigpoint of the IGM named Monte Civrari (code 055037).^[4]

Punta Imperatoria is located slightly N of the ridge dividing Val Susa from Val di Viù, and stands on the border between the comunes of Viù and Lemie (both in the Metropolitan City of Turin).

SOIUSA classification

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:^[5]

main part = Western Alps
major sector = North Western Alps
section = Graian Alps
subsection = Southern Graian Alps
supergroup = catena Rocciamelone-Charbonel
group = gruppo del Rocciamelone
subgroup = cresta Lunella-Arpone
code = I/B-7.I-A.2.b

Access to the summit

The easiest route for the summit is a footpath starting from Niquidetto or from the Colle del Colombardo, a mountain pass which connects Viù and Condove and can be reached with 4wd vehicles.

Maps

Italian official cartography (Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: www.pcn.minambiente.it
I.G.C. (Istituto Geografico Centrale): Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi 1:50.000 scale n.2 Valli di Lanzo e Moncenisio, and 1:25.000 scale n.110 Basse valli di Lanzo

Bibliography

Alpi Graie meridionali, Giulio Berutto e Lino Fornelli, Guida dei Monti d'Italia; Club Alpino Italiano, 1980

Notes

^ Geoportale IGM on www.pcn.minambiente.it
^ Gallenga, Antonio Napoleone (1856). Storia del Piemonte dai primi tempi alla Pace di Parigi (in Italian). Vol. 1. Eredi Botta editore. p. 11.
^ Clavarino, Luigi (1867). Saggio di corografia: statistica e storica delle Valli di Lanzo (in Italian). Stamperia della Gazzetta del popolo. p. 133.
^ Punti Geodetici, IGM, on www.igmi.org Archived June 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (consultato nel marzo 2011)
^ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 134. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.