Aiguille de la Grande Sassière | |
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![]() Aiguille de la Grande Sassière | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,751 m (12,306 ft) |
Prominence | 792 [1] |
Isolation | 11.21 km (6.97 mi)
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Listing | Alpine mountains above 3000 m |
Coordinates | 45°30′18″N 6°59′59″E / 45.50500°N 6.99972°E |
Geography | |
Location | Aosta Valley, Italy/ Savoie, France |
Parent range | Graian Alps |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1808 or 1810 by inhabitants of
Tignes and soldiers
[2]
[3] First officially reported ascent by William Mathews and Michel Croz on 5 August 1860 |
Aiguille de la Grande Sassière is a mountain in the Graian Alps, on the boundary between the Aosta Valley (northern Italy) and the French department of Savoie.
On the Italian side, it marks the end of the Valgrisenche; on the French side it commands the Val d'Isère.