What is Crêt de la Neige?
{{Infobox mountain | name = Crêt de la Neige | other_name = | photo = Crêt de la Neige 3.jpg | photo_alt = Le Crêt de la Neige in Thoiry (Ain) | photo_size = | photo_caption = Crêt de la Neige in [[Thoiry, Ain|Thoiry]] ([[Ain]]) | elevation_m = 1720 | elevation_ref = <ref name=pbag>{{cite web |url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=9642 |title=Crêt de la Neige, France|publisher=Peakbagger.com |access-date=10 November 2016 }}</ref> | prominence_m = 1267 | parent_peak = | listing = | location = [[Ain]], [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]], [[France]] | range = [[Jura Mountains]] | topo = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = [[Hiking]] from the Tiocan [[:wikt:lookout|lookout]] | map = Alps | label_position = right | map_alt = Alps | map_caption = Location in the [[Alps]] | map_size = | coordinates_ref = | coordinates = {{coord|46|16|21|N|5|56|37|E|region:FR}} | type = | age = [[Miocene]] | last_eruption = }} '''Crêt de la Neige''' is a {{Convert|1720|m|ft|0|abbr=on }} high [[mountain]] in the ''commune'' of [[Thoiry, Ain|Thoiry]]. It is the highest [[peak]] in the [[Jura Mountains]] and the department of [[Ain]] in [[France]]. It is in the '''Jura Mountains Regional Natural Park''' ({{Lang-fr|Parc naturel régional du Haut-Jura}}). ==Geography== [[Image:CrêtdeLaNeige.jpeg|thumb|left|Summit of the Crêt de la Neige, with [[Le Reculet]] in the background]] Crêt de la Neige is between the ''communes'' of [[Lélex]] (to the northwest) and [[Thoiry, Ain|Thoiry]] (to the southeast) in the [[Ain]] department. It is found in the ''Haute Chaîne'', the most eastern and highest [[Mountain chain|chain]] of the [[France|French]] Jura mountains; it is in the ''Pays de Gex'' (the [[Arrondissement of Gex]], Ain department), about {{Convert|17|km|mi|0|abbr=on }} to the northwest of the city of [[Geneva]]. The Crêt de la Neige is surrounded by the [[plain]] of the ''Pays de Gex'' to the east