Dauphiné Alps

Dauphiné Alps
Dauphiné Alps
	La Meije seen from the Emparis plateau
Highest point
Peak	Barre des Écrins
Elevation	4,102 m (13,458 ft)
Coordinates	44°55′23″N 6°21′36″E / 44.92306°N 6.36000°ECoordinates: 44°55′23″N 6°21′36″E / 44.92306°N 6.36000°E
Naming
Native name	Alpes du Dauphiné (French)
Geography
	Dauphiné Alps (section nr.5) within Western Alps
Country	France
Regions	Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Rivers	Drac, Durance, Isère and Arc
Parent range	Alps
Borders on	Cottian Alps, Graian Alps, Savoy Prealps, Dauphiné Prealps and Provence Alps and Prealps
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny

The Dauphiné Alps (French: Alpes du Dauphiné) are a group of mountain ranges in southeastern France, west of the main chain of the Alps. Mountain ranges within the Dauphiné Alps include the Massif des Écrins (in the Parc national des Écrins), Belledonne, the Taillefer range and the mountains of Matheysine.

Etymology[]

The Dauphiné (pronounced [dofine]) is a former French province whose area roughly corresponded to that of the present departments of Isère, Drôme, and Hautes-Alpes.

Geography[]

They are separated from the Cottian Alps in the east by the Col du Galibier and the upper Durance valley; from the western Graian Alps (Vanoise Massif) in the north-east by the river Arc; from the lower ranges Vercors Plateau and Chartreuse Mountains in the west by the rivers Drac and Isère. Many peaks rise to more than 10,000 feet (3,050 m), with Barre des Écrins (4,102 m) the highest.

Administratively the French part of the range belongs to the French departments of Isère, Hautes-Alpes and Savoie.

The whole range is drained by the Rhone through its tributaries.

It has been proposed that the height of mountains in the Dauphiné Alps is limited by the erosion caused by small glaciers, causing a topographic effect called the glacial buzzsaw.^[2]

Peaks[]

The chief peaks of the Dauphiné Alps are:

Peak	elevation
Peak	m	ft
Barre des Écrins	4,102	13,458
Meije	3,987	13,081
Ailefroide	3,954	12,972
Mont Pelvoux	3,946	12,946
Pic Sans Nom	3,913	12,838
Pic Gaspard	3,880	12,730
	3,756	12,323
Grande Ruine	3,754	12,316
Le Râteau	3,754	12,316
Les Bans	3,669	12,037
Montagne des Agneaux	3,660	12,008
	3,634	11,923
Aiguille du Plat de la Selle	3,596	11,798
Olan	3,564	11,693
	3,560	11,680
Aiguilles d'Arves (highest point)	3,514	11,529

Peak	elevation
Peak	m	ft
Pic Bayle	3,465	11,368
Roche de la Muzelle	3,459	11,348
Sirac	3,438	11,280
	3,222	10,571
Vieux Chaillol	3,163	10,377
	3,162	10,374
	3,120	10,236
	3,050	10,007
	2,996	9,829
Grand Pic de Belledonne	2,977	9,767
(Sept Laux)	2,931	9,616
Le Taillefer	2,861	9,386
Grande Tête de l'Obiou	2,793	9,163
Pic du Frene	2,810	9,219
	2,761	9,058
Pic de Bure (Aurouse)	2,712	8,898
Le Piolit	2,464	8,084

Passes[]

Col de la Croix de Fer

The chief passes of the Dauphiné Alps are:

name	location	type	elevation
name	location	type	m	ft
Brèche de la Meije	La Berarde to la Grave	snow	3,300	10,827
	to	snow	3,100	10,171
	Bourg d'Oisans to	footpath	2,634	8,642
Col Bayard	La Mure to Gap	road	1,246	4,088
	La Berarde to La Grave	snow	3,510	11,516
Col de la Croix de Fer	Bourg d'Oisans to Saint-Jean-d'Arves	road	2,062	6,765
Col de la Croix Haute	Grenoble to Serres and Gap	road, railroad	1,167	3,829
	Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans to La Grave	snow	3,543	11,624
	Vénosc to Les Deux Alpes	bridle path	1,660	5,446
	St Christophe to the Val Gaudemar	snow	3,059	10,036
	St Christophe to Valsenestre	footpath	2,500	8,202
	La Grave to Le Monêtier-les-Bains	bridle path	2,400	7,874
	La Berarde to Vallouise	snow	3,283	10,771
	Val Gaudemar to Valjouffrey	footpath	2,600	8,530
	Vallouise to Le Monêtier-les-Bains	bridle path	2,429	7,969
	La Grave to Saint-Jean-d'Arves	footpath	2,690	8,825
	La Grave to Saint-Jean-d'Arves	footpath	2,600	8,530
	Valloire to Saint-Jean-d'Arves	snow	3,150	10,335
	to Vallouise	snow	3,511	11,519
	La Berarde to Vallouise	snow	3,415	11,204
	to Saint-Jean-d'Arves	bridle path	2,293	7,523
	Saint-Jean-d'Arves to Clavans	snow	2,950	9,678
	Allevard to Bourg d'Oisans	bridle path	2,184	7,165
	Orcières to Châteauroux-les-Alpes	bridle path	2,580	8,465
	Val Gaudemar to Champoléon	footpath	2,620	8,596
	Val Gaudemar to Champoléon	footpath	2,620	8,596
	to Orcières	bridle path	2,700	8,858
Col d'Ornon	Bourg d'Oisans to La Mure	road	1,360	4,462
	La Berarde to La Grave	snow	3,128	10,262
Col du Galibier	Col du Lautaret to Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne	road	2,658	8,720
	La Grave to Vallouise	snow	3,308	10,853
Col du Glandon	Bourg d'Oisans to La Chambre	road	1,951	6,401
	La Grave to Valloire	footpath	2,880	9,449
Col du Lautaret	Briançon to Bourg d'Oisans	road	2,075	6,808
	Vallouise to the Val Gaudemar	snow	3,112	10,210
	La Berarde to the	snow	3,136	10,289
	La Berarde to Vallouise	snow	3,302	10,833
	Vallouise to the Val Gaudemar	snow	3,067	10,062
	La Grave to Vallouise	snow	3,502	11,490
	La Grave to Saint-Jean-d'Arves	snow	3,100	10,171
	Vallouise to Champoléon	dirt road	2,740	8,990

References[]

^ Highest summit elevation as reported on Géoportail of Institut Géographique National
^ Evans, I.S. (2013). "Glacial landsforms, erosional features". In Elias, Scott A.; Mock, Cary J. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science (2nd ed.). Elsevier. p. 861. ISBN 978-0-444-53643-3.

Maps[]

French official cartography (Institut Géographique National - IGN); on-line version: www.geoportail.fr

[geop-1] Highest summit elevation as reported on Géoportail of Institut Géographique National

[Evans-2] Evans, I.S. (2013). "Glacial landsforms, erosional features". In Elias, Scott A.; Mock, Cary J. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science (2nd ed.). Elsevier. p. 861. ISBN 978-0-444-53643-3.

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