Dent des Portes, Mountain summit in Bauges massif, France
Dent des Portes is a summit of the Montagne du Charbon in the Bauges massif, reaching 1,932 metres, about 186 metres above the surrounding terrain. It lies above Chevaline and Doucy-en-Bauges, roughly 16 km east of Albertville. The mountain rises between wooded slopes and open alpine terrain, with the higher peak of the massif standing about 2 km away.
Dent des Portes rises to 1,932 metres in the Montagne du Charbon, a range of the Bauges massif, standing 186 metres above the surrounding terrain. It lies within the commune of Chevaline, about 16 kilometres east of Albertville. The summit is the highest point of its immediate ridge, with wooded slopes below and open ground near the top.
Dent des Portes rises to 1,932 metres in the Montagne du Charbon, a limestone ridge of the Bauges massif. The summit stands above the villages of Chevaline and Doucy-en-Bauges, about 16 km east of Albertville. Its name, "tooth of the gates", refers to the jagged rock teeth that frame the passes on the ridge.
The ascent starts at Parking des Cornes near Doucy-en-Bauges on a marked trail that passes through meadows and forests. Most visitors need approximately four hours for the round trip from start to summit and back to the parking area.
Dent des Portes rises 1,932 metres, standing 186 metres above the surrounding terrain, and belongs to the Montagne du Charbon range. It lies about 16 kilometres east of Albertville, and the wooded slopes around it are worked as coppiced forest.
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