The Grivola (IPA [gʁivola]; 3,969 m) is a mountain in the Graian Alps in Italy. It lies between the Valsavarenche and the Cogne Valley.
Etymology Grivola was named in different ways in the past: Pic de Cogne Grivolet Bec de Grivola Aiguille de Grivola
"Grivola" firstly appeared in 1845. Giuseppe Giacosa says it comes from Valdôtain griva, meaning song thrushChissà perché si chiamano così, Tipografia Duc, Saint-Christophe, 2011, p. 118. (). Joseph-Marie Henry indicated grivoline (), a pretty young girl, as for Jungfrau.Joseph-Marie Henry, Les ràye di soleil, ed. Mottes, Turin, 1935, p. 30. Paul-Louis Rousset says that the origin is gri in Valgrisenche Valdôtain, meaning "loose stones".Paul-Louis Rousset, Ipotesi sulle radici preindoeuropee dei toponimi alpini, ed. Priuli & Verlucca, 1991, p. 62.
SOIUSA classification According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain is classified in the following way: main part = Western Alps major sector = North-Western Alps section = Graian Alps subsection = North-eastern Graian Alps supergroup = Catena del Gran Paradiso group = Gruppo Grivola-Gran Serra subgroup = Sottogruppo della Grivola code = I/B-7.IV-A.3.b
Huts Rifugio Federico Chabod (2,750 m) Bivacco Luciano Gratton (3,198 m) Bivacco Mario Balzola (3,477 m) Bivacco Mario Gontier (2,309 m) Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele II (2,732 m) Rifugio Vittorio Sella (2,588 m)www.rifugiosella.com
See also
List of mountains of the Alps above 3000 m
References
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.3 Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso and 1:25.000 n.101 Gran Paradiso, La Grivola, Cogne
External links Grivola on SummitPost Grivola on Camptocamp