Puy de Sancy

Puy de Sancy

Infobox Mountain
Name = Puy de Sancy
Photo = Puy de Sancy1.jpg
Elevation = convert|1886|m|ft|0
Location=Puy-de-Dôme departement, FRA
Range=Massif Central
Prominence = convert|1579|m|ft|0|abbr=on
Coordinates = coord|45|31|42|N|2|48|51|E|region:FR_type:mountain|display=inline,title
Type = | Age =
First ascent =
Easiest route =
Listing = Ultra

Puy de Sancy is the highest mountain in the Massif Central and therefore the highest mountain in central France (the highest in France except the Alps and the Pyrenees).

It is part of an ancient stratovolcano which has been dormant for 220,000 years.

The northern and southern slopes are used for skiing, and a number of cablecars and skilifts ascend the mountain. Skiing has been practised on the mountain since the early 20th century. Two local priests traversed the Puy de Sancy on skis in 1905. In 1936, a cable car link was built from Mont-Dore to one of the needles just below the summit. In December 1965, a cable car accident injured ten passengers and killed seven others. Super-Besse is another ski resort, located on the southwestern slope.

The valley to the north is also the source of two streams called "Dore" and "Dogne", which unite to form the Dordogne River, which flows through the nearby spa town of Mont-Dore and on to the Garonne estuary.

References

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External links

* [http://pistehors.com/backcountry/wiki/Massif-Central/Le-Mont-Dore The Sancy Ski Area]


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