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Arboretum Surell (vues d'ensemble prises de la Romanche, de la sortie de la grave, de la terrasse de l'hôtel juge, village de la grave et l'arboretum) - Hulin - btv1b106889842
Photographie en noir et blanc de la restauration des terrains en montagne. Mots-clés : Arboretums ; La Grave ; Hautes-Alpes (France). This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Photographie en noir et blanc de la restauration des terrains en montagne. Mots-clés : Arboretums ; La Grave ; Hautes-Alpes (France)
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
La Grave
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped La Grave.
Scroll to read the contour through time
La Grave is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Before the resort map
The linked local overview does not preserve a clear account of La Grave before modern tourism.
This edition leaves that part of the timeline open rather than mistaking the first surviving sporting reference for the beginning of the place.
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2017
A route reaches La Grave
The lease on the cable car is due to expire in 2017.
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La Grave Ski Hors Piste Helicoptère
Off-piste skiers at risk, rescued by an helicopter. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Off-piste skiers at risk, rescued by an helicopter
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
1400
Winter becomes organised
While La Grave has a small ski resort in Le Chazelet, it is famous for the Vallons de la Meije (1400 m - 3560 m), an unpisted and although patrolled area on the North side of the Massif des Écrins.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
La Grave is recorded at 45.046° N, 6.297° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 3,550 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Open ledger · AOD.EU.LA-GRAVE.V00 · ORIGINALClose ledger · AOD.EU.LA-GRAVE.V00
Ledger AOD.EU.LA-GRAVE.V00
Arboretum Surell (vues d'ensemble prises de la Romanche, de la sortie de la grave, de la terrasse de l'hôtel juge, village de la grave et l'arboretum) - Hulin - btv1b106889842
Photographie en noir et blanc de la restauration des terrains en montagne. Mots-clés : Arboretums ; La Grave ; Hautes-Alpes (France). This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Photographie en noir et blanc de la restauration des terrains en montagne. Mots-clés : Arboretums ; La Grave ; Hautes-Alpes (France)
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
TODAY
La Grave now
Other routes include the Pan du Rideau and Y-Couloir, reached via a walk from the top of the first T-bar; they involve a steep ski down onto the Glacier du Rateau then rejoin the Vallons de La Meije.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Arboretum Surell (vues d'ensemble prises de la Romanche, de la sortie de la grave, de la terrasse de l'hôtel juge, village de la grave et l'arboretum) - Hulin - btv1b106889842
AOD.EU.LA-GRAVE.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
La Grave Ski Hors Piste Helicoptère
AOD.EU.LA-GRAVE.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked La Grave overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.