Cime du Gélas

#319 among destinations in Italy

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Cime du Gélas is a 3,143 m high mountain on the boundary between France and Italy. It is part of the Maritime Alps. ()

Local name: Monte Gelàs First ascent: 1864Elevation: 10312 ftProminence: 2195 ftCoordinates: 44°7'27"N, 7°23'16"E

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PiedmontItaly

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Cime du Gélas – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Monte Argentera, Lago del Chiotas, Monte Clapier, Lago della Rovina.

5.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Monte Argentera
141 min walk • Monte Argentera is a mountain in the Maritime Alps, in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont, northern Italy. With an elevation of 3,297 metres, it is the highest peak in the range.
4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lago del Chiotas
102 min walk • Lago del Chiotas is a lake in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy. It is used as an upper reservoir for the pumped-storage hydroelectric Entracque Power Plant.
1.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Monte Clapier
44 min walk • Monte Clapier is a mountain in the Maritime Alps, on the boundary between the province of Cuneo and the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur.
4.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lago della Rovina
109 min walk • Lago della Rovina is a lake in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy. It is used as an upper reservoir for the pumped-storage hydroelectric Entracque Power Plant.
1.7 miNW
Alpine hut, Hiking
Rifugio Soria Ellena
43 min walk • The Soria Ellena refuge is a refuge located in the Maritime Alps range in the municipality of Entracque, in the province of Cuneo, at an altitude of 1840 meters.
0.9 miE
Hiking, Alpine hut, Trail
Rifugio Pagarì
24 min walk • The Federici-Marchesini al Pagarì refuge, often referred to simply as the Pagarì refuge, is an alpine refuge located in the municipality of Entracque, at an altitude of 2650 m, in the Maritime Alps Nature Park.
5.3 miNW
Alpine hut, Hiking
Rifugio Franco Remondino
136 min walk • The Franco Remondino refuge is an alpine refuge located in the Maritime Alps range in the municipality of Valdieri, at an altitude of 2,430 meters. It rises in the Vallone di Assedras, in the upper Gesso valley of Valdieri.
6 miNW
Alpine hut, Hiking
Rifugio Regina Elena
154 min walk • The Regina Elena refuge is an alpine refuge located at the bottom of the Valletta valley, west of Mount Argentera, in the Maritime Alps, in the municipality of Valdieri, at an elevation of 1850 above sea level.
3.7 miNW
Alpine hut, Hiking
Rifugio Genova-Figari
94 min walk • The Genova-Figari refuge is a refuge located in the Maritime Alps range in the municipality of Entracque, in the province of Cuneo, at an altitude of 2015 meters. It is located on the shore of Lake Chiotas and a short distance from Lake Brocan, at...