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.
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
NamemetresNamemetres Punta Sommeiller3,333 Rognosa d'Etiache3,382 Mont d'Ambin3,378Dents d'Ambin3,372 Monte Niblè3,365Punta Ferrand3,348 Mont Giusalet3,313Cima del Vallonetto3,217 Signal du Petit Mont Cenis3,162Punta Galambra3,122 Gros Peyron3,047Monte Seguret2,962 Mont Malamot2,917Monte Jafferau2,805 La Pointe du Notaire3,269Le Petit Vallon3,236 Pointe de Bellecombe 2,755 Mont Froid2,822
Mountain huts
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
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 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
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