Grand Aréa

Grand Aréa
Grand Aréa
	View from Briançon, showing the south-east face
Highest point
Elevation	2,869 m (9,413 ft)[1]
Prominence	442 m (1,450 ft)
Isolation	10.56 km (6.56 mi)
Listing	Alpine mountains 2500-2999 m
Coordinates	44°58′48″N 6°34′22″E
Geography
	Grand Aréa Location in the Alps
Location	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Parent range	Cottian Alps
Climbing
Easiest route	Hike

The Grand Aréa is a 2.869 metres high[2] mountain of the Cottian Alps located in the French department of Hautes-Alpes.[1]

Features

Summit of the mountain

The mountain stands in the Massif des Cerces and on the watershed between the valleys of the Guisane and the Clarée, NW of the Col du Granon. The ridge continues westwards with the Col de Buffère and then towards the Pointe des Cerces.

Access to the summit

Footpath from Col de Buffère

The summit of the Grand Aréa can be reached by footpaths starting from several neighbouring locations. The hike from the Clarée valley thorough Col de Buffère is considered quite an easy and rewarding walk.[3] The mountain is also a well known destination for ski mountaineering.[4]

Mountain huts

Refuge de Buffère (2.076 m).

References

"Géoportail" (in French). IGN. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
Royet, Paul; Bonelli, Stéphane (2013). Digues maritimes et fluviales de protection contre les submersions - 2e colloque national - Digues 2013 (in French). Lavoisier. p. 165. ISBN 9782746295360. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
fyplom (2010-08-05). "Grand Aréa da Nevache" (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-09-20.
Cabau, Emmanuel; Galley, Hervé (2015). Ski de randonnée Hautes Alpes: Ecrins – Queyras – Arves – Cerces – Parpaillon – Dévoluy (in French). Editions Olizane. p. 15.

Maps

French official cartography (Institut géographique national - IGN); on-line version: www.geoportail.fr

External links

Media related to Grand Aréa at Wikimedia Commons
"Le Grand Aréa" (in French). camptocamp.org.

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[IGN-1] "Géoportail" (in French). IGN. Retrieved 2019-09-27.

[2] Royet, Paul; Bonelli, Stéphane (2013). Digues maritimes et fluviales de protection contre les submersions - 2e colloque national - Digues 2013 (in French). Lavoisier. p. 165. ISBN 9782746295360. Retrieved 2019-09-20.

[3] yplom (2010-08-05). "Grand Aréa da Nevache" (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-09-20.

[4] Cabau, Emmanuel; Galley, Hervé (2015). Ski de randonnée Hautes Alpes: Ecrins – Queyras – Arves – Cerces – Parpaillon – Dévoluy (in French). Editions Olizane. p. 15.