Pic de Jalouvre, Mountain summit in Haute-Savoie, France.
Pic de Jallouvre is a summit of the Bargy chain in the Bornes massif, Haute-Savoie, reaching 2,408 metres. Its top is a blocky grey rock crown with a flat top and steep faces, set above broad grass-covered slopes broken by dark grey rock bands and gullies. Patches of snow lie in the lower hollows, and dark green conifer trees grow at the foot of the slopes.
The sources record no founding event or dated survey for Pic de Jallouvre; its documented history is cartographic and administrative. At 2,408 m it is the second-highest summit of the Bargy chain and the highest point of the commune of Glières-Val-de-Borne, whose village of Petit-Bornand-les-Glières lies to the west. The neighbouring Pointe Blanche, across the Col du Rasoir to the north-east, reaches 2,438 m and is the chain's highest point.
The name Jallouvre belongs to the summit and to its lower shoulder, the dent de Jallouvre at 2,052 m, which overlooks the col de Sosay at 1,919 m. The main summit, at 2,408 m, is the highest point of the commune of Glières-Val-de-Borne, whose village of Petit-Bornand-les-Glières lies to the west. Hikers reach it by the north-east ridge via the col du Rasoir, joined from the col de Cenise to the north or the col de la Colombière to the east.
The summit is reached by its north-east ridge via the Col du Rasoir, which can be joined from the Col de Cenise to the north or the Col de la Colombière to the east. The Dent de Jallouvre, a 2,052 m fore-summit, stands on the north-west ridge above the Col de Sosay at 1,919 m. The peak rises above the Col de la Colombière, the Chinaillon village and the Lessy lake.
The summit itself reaches 2,408 metres, making it the second-highest point of the Bargy chain and the highest point of the commune of Glières-Val-de-Borne. The higher Pointe Blanche, at 2,438 metres, lies just to the north-east beyond the Col du Rasoir. The north-west ridge carries a lower shoulder, the Dent de Jallouvre at 2,052 metres, above the Col de Sosay at 1,919 metres.
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