What is Barre des Écrins?
{{Infobox mountain | name = Barre des Écrins | other_name = | photo = Barre des Écrins & Glacier Blanc.JPG | photo_alt = The Barre des Écrins and the ''Glacier Blanc'' | photo_size = | photo_caption = The Barre des Écrins and the [[Glacier]] Blanc | elevation_m = 4102 | elevation_ref = <ref name=pbag>{{cite web |url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=9904 |title=Barre des Écrins, France|publisher=Peakbagger.com |access-date=28 September 2016 }}</ref> | prominence_m = 2044 | prominence_ref = <ref name=pbag /> | parent_peak = | listing = | location = [[Hautes-Alpes]], [[France]] | range = [[Dauphiné Alps]] | topo = | first_ascent = 25 June 1864 | easiest_route = snow/rock climb | map = France | label_position = left | map_alt = France | map_caption = Location in the [[Alps]] | map_size = | coordinates_ref = | coordinates = {{coord|44|55|21|N|06|21|36|E}} | type = | age = | last_eruption = }} The '''Barre des Écrins''' is a [[mountain]] in the [[French Alps]]. It is the highest [[peak]] of the ''[[Massif des Écrins]]'' and of the [[Dauphiné Alps]] [[mountain range]]. It is in the [[Écrins National Park]] ({{lang-fr|Parc national des Écrins}}), one of the ten French [[national park]]s. It is the only mountain {{Convert|4000|m|ft|0|abbr=on }} or higher in France that is outside the [[Mont Blanc]] Massif. Before the [[annexation]] of [[Savoy]], that was part of the [[Kingdom of Sardinia]], in 1860, it was the highest mountain in France. ==Geography== [[File:Barre des Écrins - South face.jpg|thumb|left|The south side of Barre des Écrins]] Barre des Écrins is in the northeast of the [[Hautes-Alpes]] [[Departments of France|department]] (commune of [[Pelvoux]]), [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] [[Regions of France|region]], in southeast France. The south side of the mountain is rocky while the soil of the north side is covered with [[ice]] because here starts a [[glacier]], the ''Glacier Blanc''. Barre des Écrins is surrounded by four glaciers:<ref name=summit>{{cite web |url=http://www.summitpost.org/bar