The Col du Grapillon (or col de Grapillon) is a

mountain pass A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since mountain ranges can present formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human and animal migration t ...

located above sea level in the

Chartreuse Mountains The Chartreuse Mountains ( ) are a mountain range in southeastern France, stretching from the city of Grenoble in the south to the Lac du Bourget in the north. They are part of the French Prealps, which continue as the Bauges to the north and ...

between

La Cochette La Cochette (; or Pointe de la Cochette) is a mountain of the Chartreuse Mountains culminating at 1618 m above sea level and located at the edge of Corbel, of Saint-Jean-de-Couz and of Entremont-le-Vieux in Savoie. Geography La Cochette is ...

() to the south, and Mont Outheran () to the north

Access

The pass is available only to hikers. It connects Le Désert d'Entremont ( Entremont-le-Vieux district) to

Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz () is a commune of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. Geography The village of Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz is located in the middle valley of the Hyères between Mont Grêle (1425 ...

, and it's the southern access path of the Mont Outheran and northern access path of

. The easiest access is from the hamlet of les Bruyères on the D45, north of Col de la Cluse.

Environmental protection

The Col du Grapillon is part of the natural area of ecological, faunistic and floristic interest of Mont Outheran.

References

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