Corps and L’Obiou
Dawn on L’Obiou
As iconic as the Matterhorn, I’ve made many photos of L’Obiou over the years. Here are two from year’s crop, L’Obiou seen from Corps. You see the fresh snow from a fall as late as May that settled on the drifts from the harsh winter.
La Grande Tête de L’Obiou (2789 m.) is the highest point of the Dévoluy Massif in the Alpes-de-Haut-Provence; it’s not especially high by Alpine standards and the summit can be reached without technical climbing. The glamorous peak is prominent to travellers on the Route Napoléon. L’Obiou is described as a butte, the residual hard Jurassic and Cretaceous rock remaining following erosion.