Pic Luigi Amedeo Explained

Pic Luigi Amedeo
Other Name:Italian: Picco Luigi Amedeo
French: Pointe Louis-Amédée
Elevation M:4469
Prominence:39 m ↓ 
Isolation:0.73 km → Mont Blanc de Courmayeur
Range:Mont Blanc massif
Location:Aosta Valley, Italy
Map:Italy
Relief:1
Label Position:right
Coordinates:45.8219°N 6.8653°W
First Ascent:20 July 1901 by G.B. and G.F. Gugliermina with the guide Joseph Brocherel

Pic Luigi Amedeo (Italian: Picco Luigi Amedeo, French: Pointe Louis-Amédée) (4469m (14,662feet)) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the Aosta Valley, Italy. It lies on the Brouillard ridge to the summit of Mont Blanc, and is only reachable via an ascent of that ridge.[1] [2]

The mountain is named after Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, after whom the Abruzzi Spur on K2 is also named.

The first ascent of the peak was by G.B. and G.F. Gugliermina with the Aostan guide Joseph Brocherel on 20 July 1901. The first ascent of the entire Brouillard ridge including Pic Luigi Amedeo was by Karl Blodig, Humphrey Owen Jones, Geoffrey Winthrop Young with the guide Josef Knubel of St. Niklaus in the canton Valais on 9 August 1911.

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Notes and References

  1. Institut géographique national . Institut géographique national . 3531 est st-gervais-les-bains mont blanc. 1986 . 1:25,000. Serie bleue. Institut Géographique National. 2. Paris. French.
  2. Book: Goedeke. Richard. The Alpine 4000m Peaks by the Classic Routes. 1990. Diadem Books. London. 3763410074. 1st.