title: Croix de Belledonne
text: # Croix de Belledonne
  
  Croix de Belledonne, at 2,926 metres (9,600 ft), is one of the highest points in the Belledonne range in the French Alps, close to the highest summit in the range, Grand Pic de Belledonne at 2,977 metres (9,767 ft). The name derives from the cross erected on the summit (croix means cross in French).
  
  ## Geography
  
  Located in the department of Isère, Croix of Belledonne is one of the highest summits in the Belledonne range.
  
  ## History
  
  The first ascension is estimated to have taken place around 1850.
  
  The gap separating the Croix de Belledonne from the Central Peak is named after the alpinist Henry Duhamel
  
  