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Grande Tête de l'Obiou

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Location
  
Rhône-Alpes, France

Elevation
  
2,790 m

Listing
  
Ultra-prominent peak

Easiest route
  
southern slopes

Prominence
  
1,541 m

Mountain range
  
Alps, Dauphiné Prealps

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Parent ranges
  
Dévoluy Mountains, Dauphiné Prealps

Similar
  
Massif du Dévoluy, Grand Ferrand, Mont Aiguille, Pic de Bure, Grand Veymont

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The Grande Tête de l'Obiou (or simply l'Obiou) is a mountain in the French Prealps belonging to the French department of Isère. It is the highest peak of the Dévoluy Mountains and of the Dauphiné Prealps and the seventh most prominent summit of metropolitan France.

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GeographyEdit

Administratively the mountain is divided between the French communes of Cordéac (NE slopes) and Monestier-d'Ambel (SW slopes).

Access to the summitEdit

The easiest route for the summit starts from Baumes hut and ascends the southern slopes of the mountain through the Faïsses pass and the Obiou pass (l'Épaule).

MapsEdit

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

    Grande Tête de l'Obiou Wikipedia