Les Périades (highest point: ) is a sharp and heavily-pinnacled mountain ridge, stretching for over in the
Mont Blanc massif in
Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie () is a Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its Prefectures in France, prefecture is Annecy. To the north is Lake Gene ...
,
France
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. It runs in a southerly direction from the Col du Tacul to the Col du
Mont Mallet
Mont Mallet () is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in Haute-Savoie, France. It lies on a spur running northwards from the French-Italian frontier ridge, and can be most easily reached from the Aiguille de Rochefort.
Mont Mallet was first cl ...
. Its highest point is Pointe Cupelin ()
Principal points along the crest of Les Périades, from south to north:
* ''Pointe Auguste Cupelin'' - 3549 m
* ''Pointe 3517 m''
* ''Pointe de la Fenêtre'' - 3507 m
* ''Pointe de Sisyphe'' - 3460 m
* ''Pointe Alfred Simond'' 3457 m
* ''Pointe Nini'' - 3455 m
* ''Pointe Francois Simond'' - 3493 m
* ''Pointe des Périades'' (or ''Pointe Paul Perret'') - 3503 m
Les Périades are divided into three parts by the Brèche Puiseux (or Brèche Supérieure des Périades) and by the Brèche des Périades.
A bivouac hut (known as the "Bivouac Paul Chevalier alle Périades") was installed near Pointe de Sisyphe in 1928 at a height of . It eventually became the property of the
French Alpine Club, and was renovated in 1996. The site collapsed in 2019 during the summer heatwave, which caused the previously frozen ground to become unstable. It was replaced in 2020, following a public fund-raising campaign, and can accommodate three or four people.
References
External links
Les Périades on French IGN Geoportal
{{Mont Blanc massif
Mountains of the Alps
Alpine three-thousanders
Mountains of Haute-Savoie