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Varaita Valley

Field	Value
name	Varaita Valley
other_name	Valle Varaita
photo	PontechianaleDalleConce.jpg
photo_caption	The artificial lake of Pontechianale, in the highest part of the valley
location	Piedmont, Italy
orientation	west east
length	around 40 km
elevation	400 -
type	River valley
map_image	Valvaraita.png
map_caption	Schematic map of the valley
coordinates

Varaita Valley (in Italian Valle Varaita) is a valley in south-west of Piedmont, in the Province of Cuneo - Italy.

Etymology

It takes its name from the Varaita, a right-hand tributary of the Po which flows through the valley.

Geography

Close the French border the valley is divided in two sub-valleys named Valle di Bellino (south) and Valle di Chianale (north), which meet near Casteldelfino.

The municipalities of Varaita Valley are Bellino, Brossasco, Casteldelfino, Costigliole Saluzzo, Frassino, Isasca, Melle, Piasco, Pontechianale, Rossana, Sampeyre, Valmala, Venasca and Verzuolo.

Notable summits

The most important mountains of the valley are the Monviso (3.841 m) and its subpeaks.

Other relevant summits of the valley, all belonging to the Cottian Alps, are:

Valle di Chianale:
- Monte Losetta - 3054 m
- Monte Ruine - 3143 m
- Monte Aiguillette - 3298 m
- Pic d'Asti - 3219 m
- Rocca Bianca - 3064 m
- Monte Pelvo - 3024 m
Valle di Bellino:
- Mongioia - 3340 m
- Testa di Malacosta - 3212 m
- Monte Ferra - 3094 m
- Testa di Malacosta - 3212 m
- Pelvo di Ciabrera - 3152 m
- Pelvo d'Elva - 3046 m
Mid and lowest part of the valley:
- Punta Rasciassa - 2664 m
- Monte Nebin - 2510 m
- Testa di Garitta Nuova - 2385 m
- Monte Birrone - 2131 m
- Monte Ricordone - 1764 m
- Monte san Bernardo - 1625 m

Access

The valley can be reached by car/bus from Po Plain following the strada provinciale della Valle Varaita; it also can be accessed by the French region of Queyras by the Collle dell'Agnello, the third highest Alpine pass crossed by an asphalted road.

References

Strada provinciale = provincial road
''La leggenda del Colle dell'Agnello'', web page on [http://www.piemonteciclabile.it/pagine/ita/percorsi/scheda.lasso?id=22 www.piemonteciclabile.it] (accessed in December 2012)

Wikipedia Source

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