Chartreuse Mountains

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Chartreuse Mountains (French: massif de la Chartreuse) is a mountain range in eastern France, stretching to the north from the city of Grenoble to the lac du Bourget. It is part of the French Prealps.

Contents 1 Summits 2 Geology 3 Ski resorts include 4 Miscellaneous 5 External links

[edit] Summits

Summits in the Chartreuse include:

• Chamechaude, 2082 meters
• Dent de Crolles, 2062 meters
• Grand Som, 2033 meters
• la Grande Sure, 1920 meters
• Granier, 1938 meters
• Dent du Chat, 1390 meters

[edit] Geology

The lithology is dominated by limestone, and several hundred kilometres of cave passages lie beneath the hills, including the world-famous 60 km long Dent de Crolles system.

[edit] Ski resorts include

• Le Désert d'Entremont, where the use of snowshoes has been particularly developed
• Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse
• Col de Porte (1326 m)
• Le Sappey
• La Ruchère (cross-country skiing)
• Saint-Hilaire-du-Touvet

[edit] Miscellaneous

The Chartreuse Mountains gave their name to:

• the monastery of the Grande Chartreuse, head of the Carthusian order
• the Chartreuse liquor, manufactured under the monks' supervision.
• Chartreuse, the greenish color of the Chartreuse liqueur.

[edit] External links

• Chartreuse: A Walking Guide
• a Wiki-Walks guide to some less well known hiking routes in the Chartreuse