Grande Aiguille Rousse, Vanoise National Park

Name: Grande Aiguille Rousse
Address: Vanoise National Park, France

#1 among attractions in Vanoise National Park

Natural attraction, Top attraction, Mountain

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Grande Aiguille Rousse, Vanoise National Park

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The Grande Aiguille Rousse is a mountain peak of the Graian Alps in Savoie, France, situated between the Maurienne and Tarentaise valleys near the Italian border. Reaching an altitude of 3,482 meters, it exceeds its junior to the west, the Petite Aiguille Rousse, by just 50 m. Not far from Levanna, the Grande Aiguille Rousse overlooks Serrù Lake and the Gran Paradiso National Park in Italy. ()

Local name: Grande aiguille Rousse First ascent: 1878Elevation: 11424 ftCoordinates: 45°25'58"N, 7°6'34"E

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Day trips

Grande Aiguille Rousse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Refuge du Prariond, Col de l'Iseran, Lac des Évettes, Church of Our Lady of the Assumption.

2.4 miNW
Hiking, Alpine hut
Refuge du Prariond, Val-d'Isère
62 min walk • Refuge du Prariond is a refuge in the Alps. It's located 2,324 meters above sea level.
4 miW
Mountain pass
Col de l'Iseran, Val-d'Isère
101 min walk • Col de l'Iseran is a mountain pass in France, the highest paved pass in the Alps. A part of the Graian Alps, it is in the department of Savoie, near the border with Italy, and is crossed by the D902 roadway.
5.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lac des Évettes
138 min walk • Lac des Évettes is a lake in the Vanoise Massif of the Savoie department of France. The lake formed between 1939 and 1949, after the glacier that covered the area melted. Today the glacier ends almost 1 km from the lake's shore.
5.2 miSW
Church
Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Bonneval-sur-Arc
134 min walk • The church Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption of Bonneval-sur-Arc is a catholic church located in France in the commune of Bonneval-sur-Arc, in the department of Savoie.
4.4 miS
Alpine hut, Hiking
Refuge des Évettes
114 min walk • Refuge des Évettes is a refuge in the Alps.
5.2 miSW
Memorial
War Memorial, Bonneval-sur-Arc
133 min walk • Monuments aux Morts are French war memorials established to commemorate the losses of World War I.
6.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pointe des Buffettes, Vanoise National Park
174 min walk • Pointe des Buffettes is a mountain of Savoie, France. It lies in the Massif de la Vanoise range. It has an elevation of 3,233 metres above sea level.
1.1 miSE
Hiking, Alpine hut
Refuge du Carro, Vanoise National Park
29 min walk • Refuge du Carro is a refuge in the department of Savoie in the region Rhône-Alpes, France. At an altitude of 2,760 m, this is the highest refuge of Savoy.