Dauphiné Alps

The Dauphiné Alps (Template:Langx) 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 Écrins National Park, Belledonne, Le Taillefer range and the mountains of Matheysine.

Etymology

The Dauphiné (Template:IPA) 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 Template:Convert, 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.<ref name=Evans>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>

Peaks

The chief peaks of the Dauphiné Alps are: Template:Col-begin Template:Col-break

Peak	elevation
	m	ft
Barre des Écrins	Template:Convert
Meije	Template:Convert
Ailefroide	Template:Convert
Mont Pelvoux	Template:Convert
Pic Sans Nom	Template:Convert
Pic Gaspard	Template:Convert
Pic Coolidge	Template:Convert
Grande Ruine	Template:Convert
Le Râteau	Template:Convert
Les Bans	Template:Convert
Montagne des Agneaux	Template:Convert
Sommet des Rouies	Template:Convert
Aiguille du Plat de la Selle	Template:Convert
Olan	Template:Convert
Pic Bonvoisin	Template:Convert
Aiguilles d'Arves (highest point)	Template:Convert

Peak	elevation
	m	ft
Pic Bayle	Template:Convert
Roche de la Muzelle	Template:Convert
Sirac	Template:Convert
Pic Felix Neff	Template:Convert
Vieux Chaillol	Template:Convert
Tete de Vautisse	Template:Convert
Grand Pinier	Template:Convert
Pic de Parieres	Template:Convert
Mourre Froid	Template:Convert
Grand Pic de Belledonne	Template:Convert
Rocherblanc (Sept Laux)	Template:Convert
Le Taillefer	Template:Convert
Grande Tête de l'Obiou	Template:Convert
Pic du Frene	Template:Convert
Grand Ferrand	Template:Convert
Pic de Bure (Aurouse)	Template:Convert
Le Piolit	Template:Convert

Passes

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Col de la Croix de Fer

The chief passes of the Dauphiné Alps are:

name	location	type	elevation
			m	ft
Brèche de la Meije	La Berarde to la Grave	snow	Template:Convert
Brèche des Grandes Rousses	Allemont to Clavans	snow	Template:Convert
Brèche de Valsenestre	Bourg d'Oisans to Valsenestre	footpath	Template:Convert
Col Bayard	La Mure to Gap	road	Template:Convert
Col de la Casse Deserte	La Berarde to La Grave	snow	Template:Convert
Col de la Croix de Fer	Bourg d'Oisans to Saint-Jean-d'Arves	road	Template:Convert
Col de la Croix Haute	Grenoble to Serres and Gap	road, railroad	Template:Convert
Col de la Lauze	Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans to La Grave	snow	Template:Convert
Col de l'Alpe de Vénosc	Vénosc to Les Deux Alpes	bridle path	Template:Convert
Col de la Muande	St Christophe to the Val Gaudemar	snow	Template:Convert
Col de la Muzelle	St Christophe to Valsenestre	footpath	Template:Convert
Col d'Arsine	La Grave to Le Monêtier-les-Bains	bridle path	Template:Convert
Col de la Temple	La Berarde to Vallouise	snow	Template:Convert
Col de la Vaurze	Val Gaudemar to Valjouffrey	footpath	Template:Convert
Col de l'Eychauda	Vallouise to Le Monêtier-les-Bains	bridle path	Template:Convert
Col de l'Infernet	La Grave to Saint-Jean-d'Arves	footpath	Template:Convert
Col de Martignare	La Grave to Saint-Jean-d'Arves	footpath	Template:Convert
Col des Aiguilles d'Arves	Valloire to Saint-Jean-d'Arves	snow	Template:Convert
Col des Avalanches	La Berarde to Vallouise	snow	Template:Convert
Col des Ecrins	La Berarde to Vallouise	snow	Template:Convert
Col des Prés Nouveaux	Le Freney to Saint-Jean-d'Arves	bridle path	Template:Convert
Col des Quirlies	Saint-Jean-d'Arves to Clavans	snow	Template:Convert
Col des Sept Laux	Allevard to Bourg d'Oisans	bridle path	Template:Convert
Col des Tourettes	Orcières to Châteauroux-les-Alpes	bridle path	Template:Convert
Col de Val Estrete	Val Gaudemar to Champoléon	footpath	Template:Convert
Col de Vallonpierre	Val Gaudemar to Champoléon	footpath	Template:Convert
Col d'Orcières	Dormillouse to Orcières	bridle path	Template:Convert
Col d'Ornon	Bourg d'Oisans to La Mure	road	Template:Convert
Col du Clot des Cavales	La Berarde to La Grave	snow	Template:Convert
Col du Galibier	Col du Lautaret to Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne	road	Template:Convert
Col du Glacier Blanc	La Grave to Vallouise	snow	Template:Convert
Col du Glandon	Bourg d'Oisans to La Chambre	road	Template:Convert
Col du Goleon	La Grave to Valloire	footpath	Template:Convert
Col du Lautaret	Briançon to Bourg d'Oisans	road	Template:Convert
Col du Loup du Valgaudemar	Vallouise to the Val Gaudemar	snow	Template:Convert
Col du Says	La Berarde to the Val Gaudemar	snow	Template:Convert
Col du Sele	La Berarde to Vallouise	snow	Template:Convert
Col du Sellar	Vallouise to the Val Gaudemar	snow	Template:Convert
Col Emile Pic	La Grave to Vallouise	snow	Template:Convert
Col Lombard	La Grave to Saint-Jean-d'Arves	snow	Template:Convert
Pas de la Cavale	Vallouise to Champoléon	dirt road	Template:Convert

Maps

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