The Ailefroide (3,954 m) is a
mountain in the
Massif des Écrins in the
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Alps, and is the third highest peak in the Dauphiné Alps after the
Barre des Écrins and
La Meije
La Meije is a mountain in the Massif des Écrins range, located at the border of the Hautes-Alpes and Isère ''départements''. It overlooks the nearby village of La Grave, a mountaineering centre and ski resort, well known for its off-piste ...
. It lies at the south-western end of the
Mont Pelvoux–
Pic Sans Nom–Ailefroide ridge.
There are three main summits on the mountain:
*''L'Ailefroide Occidentale'' (3,954 m): first ascent by
W. A. B. Coolidge
William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge (August 28, 1850 – May 8, 1926) was an American historian, theologian and mountaineer.
Life
Coolidge was born in New York City as the son of Frederic William Skinner Coolidge, a Boston merchant, and Elisa ...
with guides
Christian Almer and Ulrich Almer on 7 July 1870
*''L'Ailefroide Centrale'' (3,928 m): first ascent by Auguste Reynier,
Pierre Gaspard
Pierre Gaspard (born 6 December 1959) is a Belgian physicist and professor at the ''Interdisciplinary Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems'' and the ''Service de Physique Non-Linéaire and Mécanique Statistique'' of the Universit ...
(father), Christophe Clot and Joseph Turc on 8 August 1889
*''L'Ailefroide Orientale'' (3,848 m): first ascent by J. Nérot, Emile Pic and Giraud-Lézin on 25 August 1880
See also
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List of mountains of the Alps above 3000 m
This page tabulates only the most prominent mountains of the Alps, selected for having a topographic prominence of ''at least'' , and all of them exceeding in height. Although the list contains 537 summits, some significant alpine mountains ar ...
External links
The Ailefroide on SummitPost
Alpine three-thousanders
Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Hautes-Alpes
Mountains of Isère