Ambin group

The Ambin group (Groupe d'Ambin in French, Gruppo d'Ambin in Italian) is a sub-range of the Cottian Alps located on the French-Italian border.

Ambin group
Gruppo d'Ambin / Groupe d'Ambin
Ambin group seen from Roccasella
Highest point
Peak	Rognosa d'Etiache
Elevation	3,382 m (11,096 ft)
Coordinates	45°08′07″N 6°50′06″E
Geography
Countries	Italy and France
Regione, Région	Piedmont and Rhône-Alpes
Provincia, Département	Turin and Savoie
Parent range	Cottian Alps

Geography

Administratively the range is divided between the Italian provincia di Torino (southern slopes) and the French département de la Savoie (northern slopes).

Borders

The borders of Ambin group are (clockwise):

• Etiache pass (west, it connects Ambin group with Pierre Menue group);
• ruisseau d'Etache, ruisseau d'Ambin, Arc and ruisseau de la Fémaz (north);
• Mont Cenis pass (east, it connects Ambin group with the Graian Alps);
• torrente Rochemolles, Dora Riparia and Cenischia (south).

Notable summits

Mont d'Ambin (right) and Denti d'Ambin (left)

Name	metres	Name	metres
Punta Sommeiller	3,333	Rognosa d'Etiache	3,382
Mont d'Ambin	3,378	Dents d'Ambin	3,372
Monte Niblè	3,365	Punta Ferrand	3,348
Mont Giusalet	3,313	Cima del Vallonetto	3,217
Signal du Petit Mont Cenis	3,162	Punta Galambra	3,122
Gros Peyron	3,047	Monte Seguret	2,962
Mont Malamot	2,917	Monte Jafferau	2,805
La Pointe du Notaire	3,269	Le Petit Vallon	3,236
Pointe de Bellecombe	2,755	Mont Froid	2,822

Mountain huts

Refuge d'Ambin

• Rifugio Levi Molinari (1,850 m - Exilles)
• Refuge de Bramanette (2,080 m - Bramans)
• Refuge du Petit Mont-Cenis (2,110 m - Bramans)
• Rifugio Scarfiotti (2,165 m - Bardonecchia)
• Refuge d'Ambin (2,270 m - Bramans)
• Rifugio Avanzà (2,578 m - Venaus)
• Rifugio Piero Vacca (2,670 m - Venaus)
• Rifugio Luigi Vaccarone (2,747 m - Giaglione)
• Bivacco Sigot (2,921 m - Exilles)
• Bivacco Walter Blais (2,925 m - Exilles)

Bibliography

• Aruga, Roberto; Pietro Losana; Alberto Re (1985). Alpi Cozie settentrionali. Guida ai monti d'Italia (in Italian). Club Alpino Italiano.

Maps

• Italian official cartography (Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: www.pcn.minambiente.it
• French official cartography (Institut Géographique National - IGN); on-line version: www.geoportail.fr Archived 2007-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
• I.G.C. (Istituto Geografico Centrale) - Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n. 1 Valli di Susa Chisone e Germanasca e 1:25.000 n. 104 Bardonecchia Monte Thabor Sauze d'Oulx