Réserve naturelle nationale de la Grande Sassière
Réserve naturelle nationale de la Grande Sassière, National nature reserve in Tignes, France
The Grande Sassière reserve spans 2,230 hectares between the Isère valley and Italian border, featuring alpine meadows, lakes, and scree slopes from 1,798 to 3,747 meters.
The reserve received national protection status in 1973 as compensation for development of the Grande Motte glacier ski area in the Haute Tarentaise region.
Scientists from Claude Bernard University in Lyon conduct research on marmot populations within the reserve since the 1990s to study alpine wildlife behavior.
Visitors can access the reserve through the Saut dam parking area at 2,280 meters, following either a wide track or a path along the mountain stream.
The reserve contains rare plant species adapted to moraine environments, including the Diapensoid Saxifrage and the Pinnate-leaved Violet in rock debris habitats.
Location: Tignes
Inception: 1973
Elevation above the sea: 2,500 m
GPS coordinates: 45.48528,7.00333
Latest update: June 23, 2025 11:10
Route des Grandes Alpes
4.5 km
Tignes Dam
5.7 km
Tignes - Val d'Isère
4.3 km
Funival
4.2 km
Aiguille de la Grande Sassière
2.2 km
La Folie Douce Val d'Isère - Tignes
5.6 km
Granta Parey
4.9 km
Tsanteleina
3.4 km
Rhêmes-Golette Glacier
3.8 km
Becca della Traversière
3.5 km
Réserve naturelle nationale de la Bailletaz
2.9 km
Aiguille de la Grande Traversière
5.9 km
Punta Calabre
5.6 km
Signal of Iseran
6.6 km
Église Saint-Bernard-des-Alpes de Val-d'Isère
4.5 km
Picheru's summit
1.6 km
Lac de la Sassière
539 m
Église Saint-Jacques en Tarentaise de Tignes
6.1 km
Bailletaz's summit
2 km
Tête du Solaise
6 km
Aiguille de la Petite Sassière
3.1 km
Rocher de la Davie
3.4 km
Ruisseau de la Sassière
2.8 km
Rocher du Charvet
7.6 km
The Dome peak
2.1 km
Bellevarde's rock
6 km
Chapelle Saint-Roch de Val-d'Isère
4.5 km
Pointe de Fresse
7.3 kmReviews
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