Céüse
Template:Short description Template:Infobox mountain Céüse (Template:Langx) is a limestone mountain in the Hautes-Alpes département of France near Gap and Sigoyer. The "Pic de Céüse" is at an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert"., and the whole massif is included in the Natura 2000 protected area.[1] The mountain has a distinctive large horseshoe-shaped cliff (the Corniche de Céûse) which contains some of the most extreme sport climbing routes in the world. It is also the site of a ski resort.[2]
Naming
According to Template:Ill, the name "Céüse" comes from the Latin for flint, and also means "flint, pebble" in Occitan.[3]
Geology
The mountain is an example of a perched syncline, which presents as a south-facing horseshoe-shaped limestone cliff.[4]
Ski resort
The northern end of the mountain is the location of a small ski resort, called Céüze 2000 (or also the Gap Ceuse Ski Resort 2000);[5] it was built after the Second World War and updated in the 1990s, and contains 8 lifts serving 35-kilometers of green, blue, red and black runs, from an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert". to the peak itself at Script error: No such module "convert"..[5]
Climbing
The southern end of the mountain's long horseshoe-shaped limestone cliffs, the Corniche de Céûse, is the home to one of the world's best rock climbing crags,[2] including several notable extreme sport climbing routes such as Realization/Biographie Template:Climbing grade, and Bibliographie Template:Climbing grade.[6] Another notable route Pornographie Template:Climbing grade was established in 2020 by Alex Megos. Its south-facing cliffs have a distinctive blue and ochre colouring, and the climbing is via pocket-marks in the limestone rather than via cracks.[7] The Corniche has over 600 climbing routes from Template:Climbing grade to the highest grades in rock climbing, and is situated at an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert"..[7][2] Most of the climbs are single-pitch 25 to 40-metre climbs, with long-run outs often between bolts, however, there are also 200-metre sections with multi-pitch routes.[2]
See also
- Buoux, leading limestone rock climbing crag in France
- Verdon Gorge, leading limestone rock climbing crag in France
References
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Further reading
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