The Pic de Petit Rochebrune (or, simply, ''Petit Rochebrune'') is a mountain in the

Cottian Alps The Cottian Alps (; french: Alpes Cottiennes ; it, Alpi Cozie ) are a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps. They form the border between France (Hautes-Alpes and Savoie) and Italy (Piedmont). The Fréjus Road Tunnel and Fréjus Rai ...

belonging to the

French department In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-s ...

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 ...

Etymology

The literal English translation of ''Pic de Rochebrune'' can be ''dark rock peak'' or ''brown rock peak''. ''Petit'' means ''small'', and refers to the fact that the mountain is smaller than the neighbouring

Pic de Rochebrune The Pic de Rochebrune (or ''Grand Rochebrune'' or, simply, ''Rochebrune'') is a mountain in the Cottian Alps belonging to the French departments, French department of Hautes-Alpes. Etymology The literal English translation of ''Pic de Roch ...

Geography

The mountain is located on the ridge dividing the

Queyras The Queyras ( oc, Cairàs) is a valley located in the French Hautes-Alpes, of which the geographical extent is the basin of the river Guil, a tributary of the Durance. The Queyras is one of the oldest mountain ranges of the Alps, and it was one of ...

(valley of the

Guil The Guil (french: le Guil) is a long river in the Hautes-Alpes ''département'', southeastern France. Its drainage basin is .Durance The Durance (; ''Durença'' in the Occitan classical norm or ''Durènço'' in the Mistralian norm) is a major river in Southeastern France. A left tributary of the Rhône, it is long. Its drainage basin is .Cerveyrette, another tributary of the

Durance The Durance (; ''Durença'' in the Occitan classical norm or ''Durènço'' in the Mistralian norm) is a major river in Southeastern France. A left tributary of the Rhône, it is long. Its drainage basin is .Cervières and

Aiguilles Aiguilles (; oc, Agulhas) is a commune of the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Geography The village lies in the middle of the commune, on the right bank of the Guil, which flows southwest through the commune. Population See ...

Nature conservation

The Pic de Petit Rochebrune is located on the northern border of the regional

nature park A nature park, or sometimes natural park, is a designation for a protected natural area by means of long-term land planning, sustainable resource management and limitation of agricultural and real estate developments. These valuable landscape ...

(''Parc naturel régional du Queyras ''), established in 1977.''Histoire'', web page on the nature park sit
www.pnr-queyras.com
(accessed in Mayl 2012)

Access to the summit

The easiest route to reach the summit starts from ''Les Fonts'', a village of Cervières. The mountain is also a well known destination for winter

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Mountain huts

* Refuge ''Fonts de Cervières'' - 2040 m

Maps

* French official cartography (''

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'' - IGN); on-line version:
www.geoportail.fr

References

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