Pointe de la Fournache

Pointe de la Fournache
Pointe de la Fournache
	Southern face of Pointe de la Fournache (left) and Dent Parrachée (right) in the background, separated by a small cirque glacier
Highest point
Elevation	3,642 m (11,949 ft)
Coordinates	45°17′15″N06°45′09″E / 45.28750°N 6.75250°E Coordinates: 45°17′15″N06°45′09″E / 45.28750°N 6.75250°E
Geography
	Pointe de la Fournache France
Location	Savoie, France
Parent range	Vanoise Massif
Geology
Age of rock	Early Jurassic
Mountain type	limestone

Last updated May 02, 2019

Pointe de la Fournache is a mountain of Savoie, France. It lies in the Massif de la Vanoise range. It has an elevation of 3,642 metres (11,949 ft) above sea level.

Savoie is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. Its prefecture is Chambéry; it is located in the French Alps. In 2016, it had a population of 429,681.

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Pointe de la Fournache lies north of Aussois and southwest of Dent Parrachée (3,697 metres (12,129 ft)). The summit is very close to Dent Parrachée, which is separated by a short ridge.

Aussois is a commune in the Vanoise massif, in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. The village is on the border of France's first National Park, the Vanoise National Park.
Although not as well known as other resorts right on the other side of the mountain like Val Thorens, it is popular with the French as ski resort in winter and as mountain destination in summer.
At 8 km (5.0 mi) from Modane, it is ideally located in the Maurienne region with good transport links in and out of Lyon, Geneva, Grenoble and Chambéry. Aussois can also be reached from Turin via the Fréjus Road Tunnel, linking Bardonecchia in Italy and Modane.
Nearby Gare de Modane is a large railway station with a high-speed service (TGV) Paris - Chambéry - Turin - Milan.
The resort offers 55 km (34 mi) of slopes, 21 slopes.

Dent Parrachée is a mountain of Savoie, France. It lies in the Massif de la Vanoise range. It has an elevation of 3,697 metres above sea level.

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