Col de la Casse Déserte

Col de la Casse Déserte is a mountain saddle in Villar-d’Arêne, Arrondissement of Briançon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and has an elevation of 3,483 metres. Col de la Casse Déserte is situated nearby to the locality Les Sources de la Romanche, as well as near the hamlet La Bérarde.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grande Ruine and Roche Méane.

Grande Ruine

Peak

Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.

La Grande Ruine is a mountain in Hautes-Alpes, France. It belongs to the Massif des Écrins in the Dauphiné Alps and is located in the heart of the wilderness of the Écrins National Park roughly halfway between its illustrious neighbours Barre des Écrins and Meije.

Roche Méane is a two-summit peak in the Massif des Écrins in the French Alps. It is located on the crest between Barre des Écrins and La Meije. The west summit is 3,728 metres high and is called Pic Maître; it is on the border between the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of the département of Hautes-Alpes and the Rhône-Alpes region of the département of Isère.