French Alps

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox mountain The French Alps[1] are the portions of the Alps mountain range that stand within France, located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions. While some of the ranges of the French Alps are entirely in France, others, such as the Mont Blanc massif, are shared with Switzerland and Italy.

At Script error: No such module "convert"., Mont Blanc, on the France–Italy border, is the highest mountain in the Alps, and the highest Western European mountain.[2]

Notable towns in the French Alps include Grenoble, Chamonix, Annecy, Chambéry, Évian-les-Bains and Albertville.

Ranges and summits

Chain Range Highest summit Elevation (m/ft)
Graian Alps Mont Blanc Massif Mont Blanc Script error: No such module "convert".
Graian Alps Beaufortain Massif Roignais Script error: No such module "convert".
Graian Alps Lauzière Massif Grand Pic de la Lauzière Script error: No such module "convert".
Graian Alps Vanoise Massif Grande Casse Script error: No such module "convert".
Graian Alps Graian Alps central group Pointe de Charbonnel Script error: No such module "convert".
Dauphiné Alps Belledonne Massif Grand Pic de Belledonne Script error: No such module "convert".
Dauphiné Alps Grandes Rousses Pic Bayle Script error: No such module "convert".
Dauphiné Alps Arves Massif Aiguilles d'Arves Script error: No such module "convert".
Dauphiné Alps Taillefer Massif Le Taillefer Script error: No such module "convert".
Dauphiné Alps Écrins Massif Barre des Écrins Script error: No such module "convert".
Cottian Alps Massif du Mont-Cenis Pointe de Ronce Script error: No such module "convert".
Cottian Alps Cerces Massif Grand Galibier Script error: No such module "convert".
Cottian Alps Queyras Massif Rochebrune Peak Script error: No such module "convert".
Cottian Alps Ubaye Massif (Orrenaye) Aiguille de Chambeyron Script error: No such module "convert".
Maritime Alps Mercantour-Argentera Massif Cime du Gélas Script error: No such module "convert".
Maritime Alps Pelat Massif Mont Pelat Script error: No such module "convert".
Maritime Alps Massif des Trois-Évêchés Tête de l'Estrop Script error: No such module "convert".
Ligurian Alps Ligurian Alps Punta Marguareis Script error: No such module "convert".
Savoy Prealps Chablais Alps Hauts-Forts Script error: No such module "convert".
Savoy Prealps Haut-Giffre Massif Haute Cime Script error: No such module "convert".
Savoy Prealps Aiguilles Rouges Aiguille du Belvédère Script error: No such module "convert".
Savoy Prealps Bornes Pointe Blanche Script error: No such module "convert".
Savoy Prealps Aravis Range Pointe Percée Script error: No such module "convert".
Savoy Prealps Bauges Arcalod Script error: No such module "convert".
Savoy Prealps Chartreuse Mountains Chamechaude Script error: No such module "convert".
Dauphiné Prealps Vercors Massif Grand Veymont Script error: No such module "convert".
Dauphiné Prealps Diois Mountains Mont Jocou Script error: No such module "convert".
Dauphiné Prealps Dévoluy Mountains Grande Tête de l'Obiou Script error: No such module "convert".
Provence Prealps Bochaine Mont Céüse Script error: No such module "convert".
Provence Prealps Digne Prealps Les Monges Script error: No such module "convert".
Provence Prealps Baronnies Mont Mare Script error: No such module "convert".
Provence Prealps Vaucluse Mountains Signal de Saint-Pierre Script error: No such module "convert".
Provence Prealps Luberon Mountains Mourre Nègre Script error: No such module "convert".
Maritime Prealps Castellan Prealps Puy de Rent Script error: No such module "convert".
Maritime Prealps Nice Prealps Pointe des Trois Communes Script error: No such module "convert".
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Panorama of Chamonix Valley
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Ski areas

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NASA photograph of the French Alps (26 October 2002).

The largest connected ski areas are:

  1. Les Trois Vallées (Courchevel, Méribel, La Tania, Brides-les-Bains, Saint-Martin-de-Belleville, Les Menuires, Val Thorens and Orelle): 338 slopes, 600 km of pistes.
  2. Portes du Soleil (Avoriaz, Châtel, Morzine, Les Gets, Saint-Jean d'Aulps, La Chapelle d'Abondance, Abondance, Montriond, Swiss resorts): 288 slopes, 650 km of slopes not entirely connected.
  3. Paradiski (La Plagne, Peisey-Vallandry, Les Arcs), Champagny-en-Vanoise: 239 slopes, 420 km of slopes.
  4. Via Lattea (Montgenèvre, Italian resorts): 214 slopes, 400 km of slopes.
  5. Évasion Mont-Blanc (Combloux, Megève, Saint-Gervais, Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce, Les Contamines Monjoie): 183 slopes, 420 km of slopes not entirely connected.
  6. Espace Killy (Tignes, Val-d'Isère): 137 slopes, 300 km of slopes.
  7. Grand Massif (Flaine, Les Carroz, Morillon, Samoëns, Sixt): 134 slopes, 265 km of slopes.
  8. Les Aravis (La Clusaz, Manigod, La Croix Fry, Merdassier, Le Grand-Bornand): 133 slopes, 220 km of slopes not entirely connected.
  9. Les Grandes Rousses (L'Alpe d'Huez, Vaujany, Auris-en-Oisans, Oz-en-Oisans, Villard-Reculas): 117 slopes, 236 km of slopes.
  10. Serre Chevalier: 111 slopes, 250 km of slopes.
  11. La Forêt Blanche (Risoul, Vars): 104 slopes, 180 km of slopes.
  12. Les Sybelles (Le Corbier, La Toussuire, Les Bottières, Saint-Jean-d'Arves, Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves, Saint-Colomban-des-Villards): 96 slopes, 310 km of slopes.
  13. Valloire and Valmeinier: 83 slopes, 150 km of slopes.
  14. Grand Domaine (Valmorel, Saint-François-Longchamp): 82 slopes, 150 km of slopes
  15. Espace San Bernardo (La Rosière, La Thuile - Italy): 73 slopes, 150 km of slopes.
  16. Les Deux Alpes and La Grave: 69 slopes, 220 km of slopes. (+ Freeride Zone)

The other large ski areas are:

Activities

A range of winter and summer activities are available in the French Alps. In the winter, these include skiing and snowboarding as well as alternatives such as snowshoeing, sledging. There is a range of other activities that happen such as gliding which most happens during the summer months.[3] Summer activities include hiking, mountaineering, biking and rock climbing.[4]

Gallery

See also

References

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