Barre des Écrins
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The Barre des Écrins is a mountain in the French Alps with a peak elevation of 4,102 metres. It is the highest peak of the Massif des Écrins and the Dauphiné Alps and the most southerly alpine peak in
The Barre des Écrins (4,102 m) in Hautes Alpes, France and the Glacier Blanc
The south face of Barre des Écrins
Aerial view of the Barre des Écrins from the east (at the center of the image) with Pic Coolidge, Le Fifre and Col des Avalanches (from left to right); the south-north traverse runs along the ridge to the left of Barre des Écrins
The Écrins and the Glacier Blanc
Glacier Blanc
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The Glacier Blanc is a glacier in the French département of Hautes-Alpes. Its name derives from the fact that – unlike the nearby Glacier Noir – its surface appears pristinely white due to an absence
Barre des Écrins
…of the sub-peak Dôme des Écrins (4088 metres). The south face of the mountain is rocky while the north face is ice as it is the starting point of the Glacier Blanc. The mountain is surrounded by four glaciers: to the north-west is the Bonne Pierre glacier, to the north-east the Glacier Blanc, to the south-west the…
The Glacier Blanc seen from the Dôme de Neige des Écrins (4,015 m)
The meltwater exit of the Glacier Blanc
The snout of the Glacier Blanc in 2004