Cima Bianca is a tall mountain of the Pennine Alps in northern Italy. Its summit lies on the boundary between the municipalities of Torgnon and Nus in the Aosta Valley, Italy.
Description Cima Bianca lies along a south-north ridge that separates the Valtournenche to the east from the Saint-Barthélemy Valley to the west and which stretches from the north from the southern summit of Mount Redessau (), from which Cima Bianca is separated by the Fenêtre de Tsan. South of Cima Bianca, the ridge continues towards Mount Meabé () and Becca d'Aver () before descending towards the central valley of the Aosta Valley. Cima Bianca is the highest summit of the ridge section between the Fenêtre de Tsan and the central valley.
The mountain is characterized by gentler, grassy slopes on its southern side and steeper, rocky faces to the north.
Ascent The ascent to the summit usually starts from the hamlet of Chantorné, above Torgnon, and passes through Crotte de Loup and reaches a junction at about of elevation, where the Cima Bianca route branches off from the path towards the Tsan bivouac.
A second approach comes from the Saint-Barthélemy Valley, from the hamlet of Praz.
SOIUSA classification According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way: main part = Western Alps major sector = North Western Alps section = Pennine Alps subsection = Alpi del Weisshorn e del Cervino supergroup = Catena Luseney-Cian group = Gruppo Cian-Redessau-Cima Bianca
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