Grivola

The Grivola (3,969 m) 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:
 * Pic de Cogne
 * Grivolet
 * Bec de Grivola
 * Aiguille de Grivola

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

SOIUSA classification
According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) 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 (2,750 m)
 * Bivacco Luciano Gratton (3,198 m)
 * Bivacco Mario Balzola (3,477 m)
 * Bivacco Mario Gontier (2,309 m)
 * Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele II (2,732 m)
 * Rifugio Vittorio Sella (2,588 m)

Maps

 * Italian official cartography (Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: www.pcn.minambiente.it
 * I.G.C. (Istituto Geografico Centrale) - 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