Grivola

The Grivola is a mountain in the Graian Alps in Italy. It lies between the Valsavarenche and the Cogne Valley.

Etymology

Grivola was named in different ways in the past:

"Grivola" firstly appeared in 1845. Giuseppe Giacosa says it comes from Valdôtain griva, meaning song thrush. Joseph-Marie Henry indicated grivoline, a pretty young girl, as for Jungfrau. Paul-Louis Rousset says that the origin is gri in Valgrisenche Valdôtain, meaning "loose stones".

According to SOIUSA the mountain is classified in the following way:

main part = Western Alps
major sector = North-Western Alps
section = Graian Alps
subsection = North-eastern Graian Alps
supergroup = Catena del Gran Paradiso
group = Gruppo Grivola-Gran Serra
subgroup = Sottogruppo della Grivola
code = I/B-7.IV-A.3.b
Huts
Rifugio Federico Chabod
Bivacco Luciano Gratton
Bivacco Mario Balzola
Bivacco Mario Gontier
Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele II
Rifugio Vittorio Sella
Maps
Italian official cartography ; on-line version:
I.G.C. - Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi 1:50.000 scale n.3 Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso and 1:25.000 n.101 ''Gran Paradiso, La Grivola, Cogne''