Monte Clapier

Monte Clapier
Mont Clapier
Highest point
Elevation 3,045 m (9,990 ft)[1]
Coordinates 44°06′58″N 7°25′09″E / 44.11611°N 7.41917°E / 44.11611; 7.41917Coordinates: 44°06′58″N 7°25′09″E / 44.11611°N 7.41917°E / 44.11611; 7.41917
Geography
Monte Clapier
Mont Clapier

Location of Monte Clapier in the Alps.

Location Piedmont, Italy
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Parent range Maritime Alps
Climbing
First ascent 1832, Luigi Giovanni Fecia Cossato, approaching from Entracque[2]

Monte Clapier (French: Mont Clapier) is a mountain in the Maritime Alps, on the boundary between the province of Cuneo (Piedmont, northern Italy) and the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur.

Geography

It is part of the Mercantour massif.

Monte Clapier is home to the southernmost glacier in the Alps, located on the Italian side at some 40 km from the sea. Furthermore, it is the southernmost mountain in the Alps exceeding 3000 meters in height.

Geology

Geologically, the mountain is formed by granitoid gneiss, with outcrops of amphibolic agmatites (granitoid migmatites).

Climbing

It may be climbed from the Refuge Nice in around two-and-a-half to three hours,[3] initially northward along a narrow path towards the Lacs de Mont Clapier, then eastward along a cairned route (no path visible) across rough, bouldered ground.

View

The view is extensive stretching from the Mediterranean to the south to the high Alps to the northeast. Monte Viso is prominent to the north and 4000m peaks like the Matterhorn, Monte Rosa and the Weissmies,[4] and even Corsica,[5] are visible on clear days.

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