Céüse () is a limestone mountain in the Hautes-Alpes département of France near Gap and Sigoyer. The "Pic de Céüse" is at an elevation of , and the whole massif is included in the Natura 2000 protected area.[ The mountain has a distinctive large horseshoe-shaped cliff (the Corniche de Céûse) which contains some of the most extreme sport climbing routes in the world. It is also the site of a ski resort.][
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Naming
According to , the name "Céüse" comes from the Latin for flint, and also means "flint, pebble" in Occitan language.
Geology
The mountain is an example of a perched syncline, which presents as a south-facing horseshoe-shaped limestone cliff.
Ski resort
The northern end of the mountain is the location of a small ski resort, called Céüze 2000 (or also the Gap Ceuse Ski Resort 2000);[ it was built after the Second World War and updated in the 1990s, and contains 8 lifts serving 35 kilometres of green, blue, red and black runs, from an elevation of to the peak itself at .]
Climbing
The southern end of the mountain's long horseshoe-shaped limestone cliffs, the Corniche de Céûse, is the home to one of the world's best rock climbing crags,[ including several notable extreme sport climbing routes such as Realization/Biographie , and Bibliographie .][ Most of the climbs are single-pitch 25 to 40-metre climbs, with long-run outs often between bolts, however, there are also 200-metre sections with multi-pitch routes.]
See also
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Buoux, leading limestone rock climbing crag in France
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Verdon Gorge, leading limestone rock climbing crag in France
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