Pic Lombard, Mountain summit in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
Pic Lombard is a 2,975 m summit in the Cottian Alps, in the French department of Hautes-Alpes. It is the main elevation of the ridge that breaks off from the watershed between the Cerveyrette and Guil valleys at the Petit Rochebrune, separating the two upper branches of the Cerveyrette. A cross stands on the summit, with a metal box at its base holding the summit register.
The sources record no historical events, dates or figures for Pic Lombard itself; it appears only as a named elevation of the Monginevro Alps in the French department of Hautes-Alpes. Its documented use is pastoral and pastoral-alpine: the mountain overlooks the Fonts plain, the last inhabited hamlet of the Cerveyrette valley, and the Fonts de Cervières refuge at 2,040 m serves walkers and ski tourers.
The summit cross carries a small metal box holding the summit register, a book climbers sign. The peak is a classic ski-mountaineering objective rated BSA, and the Fonts de Cervières refuge at 2,040 m serves as the usual base for the ascent from Les Fonts.
The usual ascent starts at Les Fonts, a hamlet of Cervières, and the Fonts de Cervières refuge at 2,040 m serves as a base. The peak is also a classic ski-mountaineering objective rated BSA. A metal box at the foot of the summit cross holds the summit register.
The summit cross carries a small metal box holding the summit register, a book climbers sign. The peak is the main elevation of the ridge that breaks off from the watershed at Petit Rochebrune, separating the two upper branches of the Cerveyrette valley. It visually dominates the Fonts plain, the last inhabited hamlet of the valley.
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