Glacier de la Girose, Alpine glacier in La Grave and Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans, France

Glacier de la Girose lies within the Ecrins massif and spans elevations around 3600 meters with a southwest-facing slope. Its surface is marked by crevasses and offers multiple routes for different pursuits.

Until the 18th century, this glacier formed one continuous ice mass with the neighboring Mont-de-Lans glacier before they separated. This split demonstrates how the ice has transformed over the centuries.

At the Col des Ruillans (3,211 m), beside the arrival station of the Téléphériques des Glaciers de la Meije, the glacier holds ice caves that visitors reach from La Grave; the same spot serves as a paragliding take-off area. Ski lifts stand directly on the ice, and the glacier is a summer hiking and winter ski-touring destination, reached on foot via the Refuge Évariste Chancel and Lac de Puy Vachier.

The glacier is reached from La Grave via the Téléphériques des Glaciers de la Meije, which have linked the village to the Col des Ruillans (3,211 m) on the north-eastern edge of the glacier since 1978. From that station, ice caves, a paragliding take-off area and marked glacier routes lie close by. The front of the glacier descends to about 2,800 m, so snow cover varies with season and altitude.

At the Col des Ruillans (3,211 m), beside the arrival station of the Téléphériques des Glaciers de la Meije, ice caves are laid out on the glacier. The same spot serves as a paragliding take-off area and a base for glacier hikes from La Grave, via the Évariste Chancel refuge and Lac de Puy Vachier.