Barre des Écrins
Trip Guide & 3D Map
Dauphiné Alps · Difficulty, season, and access — then explore the 3D terrain
Planning snapshot
Barre des Écrins is a 13,458 ft summit in the Dauphiné Alps (France). PeakAtlas rates it snow / glacier (Alpine glacier); best season is Jun–Sep. No special summit permit. Typical staging is Briançon (25 mi). PeakAtlas lists 3 OpenStreetMap lodging pins near the summit — coverage is often thinner outside well-mapped regions. Use the 3D map and trip checklist before you go.
- Elevation
- 13,458 ft
- Prominence
- 6,693 ft
- Difficulty tier
- Snow / glacier
- Best season
- Jun–Sep
- Permits
- No special summit permit
- Staging
- Briançon · 25 mi
- Mapped lodging
- 3 OSM places
- Listed trails
- 2
As of 2026-07-31 · Figures come from the PeakAtlas3D catalog: surveyed elevations and prominence, curated difficulty tiers, best-season windows, permit notes, staging-town distances, trail lists, and OpenStreetMap lodging near each summit. Not live weather, quotas, or prices.
How hard is Barre des Écrins, and what do you need before you go?
Barre des Écrins is listed as Alpine glacier with a best season of Jun–Sep. Use the difficulty, permit, and staging details below before you commit to a date.
- Difficulty
- Alpine glacier
- Best season
- Jun–Sep
- Access / staging
- Briançon, Hautes-Alpes
How tall is Barre des Écrins, and where is it?
- Location
- Hautes-Alpes, France
- Elevation
- 13,458 ft
- Prominence
- 6,693 ft
- Mountain range
- Dauphiné Alps
- Difficulty
- Alpine glacier
What makes Barre des Écrins notable?
High point of the Écrins and the southern French Alps.
The highest peak in the Dauphiné Alps of France, a remote Écrins massif climb of rock and ice.
After you check trip readiness for Barre des Écrins, explore the summit on PeakAtlas3D’s interactive 3D topographic map in the Dauphiné Alps, Hautes-Alpes, France.
Closest places
- Briançon — Hautes-Alpes via N94
- Saint-Antoine — France
- Vallouise — France
Notable trails & routes
- Normal Route
- Pointe Lory