Tête de la Cicle, Mountain summit in Hauteluce, France

Tête de la Cicle is a 2,552-metre summit of the Beaufortain Massif, on the border between Savoie and Haute-Savoie above Hauteluce and Les Contamines-Montjoie. Its upper part is bare dark grey and blue-grey rock forming a broad pyramid with a pointed central peak and jagged side ridges; below, the slopes merge into green grass.

The sources document Tête de la Cicle only as a Savoie mountain of the Beaufortain Massif, 2,552 m, on the boundary between Savoie and Haute-Savoie, above Hauteluce and Les Contamines-Montjoie. No historical record of shepherds, pastoral routes or trail origins is documented for this summit, so its history cannot be stated.

The mountain sits on the border between Savoie and Haute-Savoie, above the communes of Hauteluce and Les Contamines-Montjoie. Its name, Tête de la Cicle, uses the local word tête for a summit, a naming habit shared with many peaks of the Beaufortain massif.

The summit lies on the border between Savoie and Haute-Savoie, above the communes of Hauteluce and Les Contamines-Montjoie. Approach routes cross open alpine slopes where the terrain turns to bare rock near the top, so plan for changing ground underfoot and check conditions before setting out.

The summit marks the border between Savoie and Haute-Savoie: the French Wikipedia places the Tête de la Cicle between the two departments, while the English article assigns it to Savoie alone. Walkers standing on the top therefore straddle a departmental line, a detail easily missed while watching the ridge.