Becca della Traversière, Mountain summit at France-Italy border, Savoie and Aosta Valley.
Becca della Traversière is a mountain summit on the France-Italy border featuring steep rocky faces and views across multiple Alpine valleys. The peak sits at approximately 3,337 meters and offers clear sight lines over the surrounding alpine landscape.
The summit lies at the junction of the ridges separating the Valgrisenche, Val di Rhêmes and Tarentaise, on the border between Italy and France. Its three ridges descend north to the Col Bassac Déré, west to the Col de la Grande Sassière and east into the Rhêmes-Golette glacier. The normal route from either valley passes the Col Bassac Déré and follows the north-west ridge.
The summit marks the meeting point of three ridges dividing the Valgrisenche, the Val di Rhêmes and the Tarentaise, so climbers arriving from Italy and France converge on the same crest. Ascents from the Italian side start at the Rifugio Mario Bezzi or the Rifugio Gian Federico Benevolo, both reached before the Col Bassac Déré.
The normal route starts from Valgrisenche via Rifugio Mario Bezzi or from Val di Rhêmes via Rifugio Gian Federico Benevolo, both passing Col Bassac Déré and following the northwest ridge. The ascent presents no particular difficulty. An alternative crosses the Rhêmes-Golette glacier and follows the east ridge.
The mountain is a three-ridged pyramid: one ridge drops north to the Col Bassac Déré, another west to the Col de la Grande Sassière before rising to the Aiguille de la Grande Sassière, and a third east into the Rhêmes-Golette glacier. The Gliairetta glacier lies northwest of the summit.
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