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 Template: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 Template:Convert
Graian Alps Beaufortain Massif Roignais Template:Convert
Graian Alps Lauzière Massif Grand Pic de la Lauzière Template:Convert
Graian Alps Vanoise Massif Grande Casse Template:Convert
Graian Alps Graian Alps central group Pointe de Charbonnel Template:Convert
Dauphiné Alps Belledonne Massif Grand Pic de Belledonne Template:Convert
Dauphiné Alps Grandes Rousses Pic Bayle Template:Convert
Dauphiné Alps Arves Massif Aiguilles d'Arves Template:Convert
Dauphiné Alps Taillefer Massif Le Taillefer Template:Convert
Dauphiné Alps Écrins Massif Barre des Écrins Template:Convert
Cottian Alps Massif du Mont-Cenis Pointe de Ronce Template:Convert
Cottian Alps Cerces Massif Grand Galibier Template:Convert
Cottian Alps Queyras Massif Rochebrune Peak Template:Convert
Cottian Alps Ubaye Massif (Orrenaye) Aiguille de Chambeyron Template:Convert
Maritime Alps Mercantour-Argentera Massif Cime du Gélas Template:Convert
Maritime Alps Pelat Massif Mont Pelat Template:Convert
Maritime Alps Massif des Trois-Évêchés Tête de l'Estrop Template:Convert
Ligurian Alps Ligurian Alps Punta Marguareis Template:Convert
Savoy Prealps Chablais Alps Hauts-Forts Template:Convert
Savoy Prealps Haut-Giffre Massif Haute Cime Template:Convert
Savoy Prealps Aiguilles Rouges Aiguille du Belvédère Template:Convert
Savoy Prealps Bornes Pointe Blanche Template:Convert
Savoy Prealps Aravis Range Pointe Percée Template:Convert
Savoy Prealps Bauges Arcalod Template:Convert
Savoy Prealps Chartreuse Mountains Chamechaude Template:Convert
Dauphiné Prealps Vercors Massif Grand Veymont Template:Convert
Dauphiné Prealps Diois Mountains Mont Jocou Template:Convert
Dauphiné Prealps Dévoluy Mountains Grande Tête de l'Obiou Template:Convert
Provence Prealps Bochaine Mont Céüse Template:Convert
Provence Prealps Digne Prealps Les Monges Template:Convert
Provence Prealps Baronnies Mont Mare Template:Convert
Provence Prealps Vaucluse Mountains Signal de Saint-Pierre Template:Convert
Provence Prealps Luberon Mountains Mourre Nègre Template:Convert
Maritime Prealps Castellan Prealps Puy de Rent Template:Convert
Maritime Prealps Nice Prealps Pointe des Trois Communes Template: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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