Ambin group
The Ambin group is a sub-range of the Cottian Alps located on the French-Italian border.
Geography
Administratively the range is divided between the Italian provincia di Torino and the French département de la Savoie.Borders
The borders of Ambin group are :- Etiache pass ;
- ruisseau d'Etache, ruisseau d'Ambin, Arc and ruisseau de la Fémaz ;
- Mont Cenis pass ;
- torrente Rochemolles, Dora Riparia and Cenischia.
Notable summits
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
- Rifugio Levi Molinari
- Refuge de Bramanette
- Refuge du Petit Mont-Cenis
- Rifugio Scarfiotti
- Refuge d'Ambin
- Rifugio Avanzà
- Rifugio Piero Vacca
- Rifugio Luigi Vaccarone
- Bivacco Sigot
- Bivacco Walter Blais
Maps
- Italian official cartography ; on-line version:
- French official cartography ; on-line version:
- I.G.C. - 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