Chartreuse Mountains

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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. It is bounded on the south-east by the valley of the Isère, which divides the range from the Belledonne range (French: Chaîne de Belledonne).

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

[edit] Summits

Summits in the Chartreuse include:

• fr:Chamechaude, 2082 meters
• fr:Dent de Crolles, 2062 meters
• fr:Lances de Malissard, 2045 meters
• fr:Grand Som, 2033 meters
• fr:la Grande Sure, 1920 meters
• fr:Granier, 1938 meters
• fr:Charmant Som, 1867 meters
• fr: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

• fr:Le Désert d'Entremont, where the use of snowshoes has been particularly developed
• Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse
• fr:Col de Porte (1326 m)
• fr:Le Sappey-en-Charteuse
• fr:La Ruchère (cross-country skiing)
• fr:Saint-Hilaire-du-Touvet, also known for parapenting and its funicular railway.

[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

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