Bauges Mountains

The Bauges Mountains (French: Massif des Bauges, pronounced [masif de boʒ]) is a mountain range in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Eastern France, stretching from the city of Annecy, Haute-Savoie to the city of Chambéry, Savoie, which is part of the French Prealps.

View from the southern part of the Bauges

Map of the Bauges Mountains

Major peaks

The Bauges have fourteen summits above 2,000 metres (6,562 ft):

• Arcalod, 2,217 m (7,274 ft), highest point in the range
• Sambuy, 2,198 m (7,211 ft)
• Pécloz, 2,197 m (7,208 ft)
• Trélod, 2,181 m (7,156 ft)
• Pointe de Chaurionde, 2,173 m (7,129 ft)
• Mont d'Armenaz, 2,158 m (7,080 ft)
• Pointe des Arces, 2,076 m (6,811 ft)
• Mont de la Coche, 2,070 m (6,791 ft)
• Dent de Cons, 2,064 m (6,772 ft)
• Pointe des Arlicots, 2,060 m (6,759 ft)
• Mont Colombier, 2,043 m (6,703 ft)
• Dent d'Arclusaz, 2,040 m (6,693 ft)
• Grand Parra, 2,012 m (6,601 ft)

Other noteworthy summits include:

• Montagne du Charbon, 1,932 m (6,339 ft)
• Semnoz, 1,699 m (5,574 ft), above Annecy
• Pointe de la Galoppaz, 1,681 m (5,515 ft)
• Nivolet, 1,547 m (5,075 ft), above Chambéry
• Mont Revard, 1,562 m (5,125 ft), above Aix-les-Bains
• Mont Peney, 1,356 m (4,449 ft)

Caving

The cave of Prérouge in Arith, Savoie, resurgence of the waters of the Bange mountain

The Bauges massif contains many underground cavities. There are three main sectors: the Margériaz, the Revard sector and the mountain of Bange-Prépoulain. Under these karsts large underground networks develop in particular the Creux de la Benoite-Litorne-Grotte de Prérouge with a depth of 860 meters for 54 kilometers of development. The Margériaz sector is renowned for the length and difficulty of its meanders, which are particularly difficult to explore.