The grées Alps

The the grées Alps or the Alps graies (Italian: Alpi Graie ) indicates a subset and a solid mass of the the Alps free - Italy with horse on the areas of the Val of Aoste and the Piedmont and the department of the Savoy, with which one can associate the Haute-Savoie and the canton of the Valais.

The national parks of the Vanoise and the Grand Paradise recover part of the solid mass and make junction on the level of the Large Russet-red Needle.

Geography

Situation

The grées Alps lie between the frontier collars of the Grand Tag and of the Mount-Cenis and are located between the the Alps Pennines at north and the the Alps cottiennes at the south. They are drained mainly by the Isere (Tarentaise), the Arc (Maurienne) and the Arve on the one hand, the Doire Baltée, the Orco and the Stura di Lanzo on the other hand.

They are formed by the solid masses of the Mont Blanc, of the Beaufortain, the Lauzière, the Vanoise and the Grand Paradise.

Consequently, grées Alps name generally exclusively indicates the solid mass with horse on the border, in the south of the Col of the Small-Saint-Bernard, to which the link of the Charbonnel is attached (central zone).

Principal tops

Only the tops of the central zone are listed below:

  • the Point of Charbonnel, 3752 m, culminating point of the solid mass

  • the Needle of Large Sassière, 3747 m
  • the Large Ciamarella, 3676 m
  • the Albaron, 3637 m
  • Levanna, 3615 m
  • the Point of Nant Cruet, 3605 m
  • Tsanteleina, 3602 m
  • Bessanèse, 3592 m
  • the Point of Punts of Chamois, 3567 m
  • Ullages it of Arbéron, 3554 m
  • the Russet-red Cross, 3541 m
  • the Point of Arnas, 3540 m
  • Rochemelon, 3538 m
  • Punta Chalanson, 3530 m
  • Points of the Deep sea, 3528 m
  • the Point of Ribon, 3527 m
  • the Large Bridging piece, 3496 m
  • the Point of Arcelle, 3493 m
  • Head of Rutor, 3486 m
  • the Large Russet-red Needle, 3482 m
  • the Point of Colerin, 3476 m
  • Points of Large Felouse, 3473 m

Collars

The principal collars are classified in the table below.

  • "MB" for the solid mass of Mont Blanc,

  • " C" for the central zone,
  • " GP" for the solid mass of the Great Paradise
  • " V" for the solid mass of Vanoise.

Geology

The solid mass is made up mainly of crystalline rocks and sedimentary having a whole a past Métamorphique. One finds in particular Schiste S glossed, Ophiolites (i.e. Serpentinite S and Prasinite S) and oeillés Gneiss.

History

Located on the old country of the Ceutrons, the origin of the name of the grées Alps comes from the Roman epoch, where the alpine arc was managed by Rome in the form of provinces. The important task of the alpine provinces was to govern the collars and the access roads. The province the Alps Graiae had two large collars under its authority: the Collar of the Mount Cenis at the southern end and particularly the collar of the Small-Saint-Bernard, located then not far from its edge are.

The history of this Roman Province, which had as a capital Aime ( Axima ), was tormented since often attached to other entities, in particular with the the Alps Pennines during the Bas-Empire.

Activities

Winter sports resorts

Only the stations of the central zone are listed below:

See too

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External bonds

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