Location Hautes-Alpes, France Prominence 448 m First ascender Edward Whymper | Elevation 3,946 m First ascent 30 July 1828 Parent range Dauphiné Alps | |
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Listing Alpine mountains above 3000 m Mountain range Alps, Massif des Écrins, Dauphiné Alps Similar Barre des Écrins, Pic Sans Nom, Ailefroide, Les Agneaux, Meije | ||
Mont Pelvoux (3,946 m) is a mountain in the Massif des Écrins in the French Alps.
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Map of Mont Pelvoux, 05340 Pelvoux, France
For many years Mont Pelvoux was believed to be the highest mountain in the region since the higher Barre des Écrins cannot be seen from the Durance valley.
The highest point on the mountain is Pointe Puiseux. There are three subpeaks:
Ascents
The first ascent of Mont Pelvoux was by Captain Durand and the two chamois hunters Alexis Liotard and Jacques-Etienne Matheoud on July 30, 1828. This party returned, with more people, to the summit in 1830. Both times they climbed the "Pointe Durand".
The highest point is named after the astronomer Victor Puiseux, who reached it first with his guide Pierre Antoine Barnéoud on August 9, 1848. Barnéoud had been the third guide in the 1830 re-ascent.