Principal Summits
From north to south:
- Le Moucherotte, 1,901 m, the summit which dominates Grenoble, most northerly of the massif ;
- Le Pic Saint-Michel, 1,966 m ;
- Roc Cornafion, 2,049 m ;
- Les Arêtes du Gerbier, 2,109 m ;
- La Grande Moucherolle, 2,284 m ;
- La Petite Moucherolle, 2,156 m ;
- La Tête des Chaudières, 2,029 m ;
- Les Rochers de la Balme, 2,063 m ;
- Le Sommet de Malaval, 2,097 m ;
- Le Grand Veymont, 2,341 m, highest point of the massif ;
- Le Mont Aiguille, 2,086 m, with its characteristic silhouette, its first ascent in 1492 was the birth of alpinism ;
- Le Dôme ou Pié Ferré, 2,041 m, to the east of Die, in the Glandasse uplands.
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