The massif des Cerces is a region of the French

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on the

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border. On the French side it lies in the departements of

Hautes-Alpes Hautes-Alpes (; oc, Auts Aups; en, Upper Alps) is a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. It is located in the heart of the French Alps, after which it is named. Hautes-Alpes had a population of 141,220 ...

and

Savoie Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè'' or ''Savouè-d'Avâl''; English: ''Savoy'' ) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Southeastern France. Located in the French Alps, its prefecture is Chambéry. In 2019, Savoie had a population of ...

. The massif consists of smaller mountain chains including

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as well as those of the Grand Galibier,

Mont Chaberton Mont Chaberton is a peak in the French Alps in the group known as the Massif des Cerces in the département of Hautes-Alpes. Geography The mountain is located close to the main chain of the Alps where it marks the Dora-Durance water divide, ...

and the Rois Mages. It is bordered by the massif de la Vanoise to the north, the massif du Mont-Cenis to the north-east, the Alpes Cottiennes to the east, the massif du Queyras and Écrins to the south and the massif d'Arvan-Villards to the west. The northernmost end of the range is bordered by the Arc river to the north in the Maurienne valley, and the Guisane river to the south.

Principal peaks

* Grand Galibier, 3229 m * Roche Bernaude, 3225 m *

Pic du Thabor The Pic du Thabor is a mountain of Savoie and Hautes-Alpes, France. It lies in the Massif des Cerces range. It has an elevation of 3,207 metres above sea level, it stands closed to another summit, the Mont Thabor Mont Thabor is a mountain of S ...

, 3207 m *

, 3178 m *

, 3136 m * Pointe des Cerces, 3097 m * Roche Noire, 3085 m * Gran Bagna, 3080 m * Roc Termier, 3078 m * Pic de la Moulinière, 3073 m * Cime de la Planette, 3071 m * Pointe Rochers Charniers, 3063 m * Punta Nera, 3047 m * Rochers des Grands Becs, 3044 m * Le Grand Argentier, 3042 m * Roche Colombe, 3023 m * Grand Aréa, 2869 m * Mont Froid, 2822 m * Pointe de Bellecombe, 2775 m

Activities

Winter resorts

Valloire Valloire (; frp, Valouère, ) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. The ski resort Valloire-Galibier is located in the commune, at the foot of the Col du Télégraphe and next to ...

Valmeinier Valmeinier (; frp, Vàrmêniél) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. Valmeinier, located at the foot of the Mont Thabor, 3207 meters, is a medium size ski resort (about 10,000 be ...

Valfréjus Modane (; ) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France. The commune is in the Maurienne Valley, and it also belongs to the Vanoise National Park. It was part of the Kingdom of Sardinia until ...

Principal peaks

Activities

Winter resorts

See also