Mont Ventoux
Peak · 1910 m · Provence
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The white cap that reads as snow from down in the Rhone valley is bare limestone, scoured clean of trees and scrub, and it keeps that look all year while real snow lies only from December to April. At 1,910 m the Giant of Provence stands clear of anything else its size, which is why the Tour de France keeps coming back to it and why 2009 gave the race its first mountain-top finish on the penultimate day.
From Wikipedia
Mont Ventoux (French: [mɔ̃ vɑ̃tu]; Provençal: Ventor [venˈtu]) is a mountain in the Provence region of southern France, located some 20 km (12 miles) northeast of Carpentras, Vaucluse. On the north side, the mountain borders the department of Drôme. At 1,910 m (6,270 ft), it is the highest mountain in the region and has been nicknamed the "Beast of Provence", the "Giant of Provence", or "The Bald Mountain". It has gained fame through its inclusion in the Tour de France cycling race; in 2009 it was the scene of the first penultimate-day mountain top finish in the Tour de France. Mont Ventoux, although geologically part of the Alps, is often considered to be separate from them, due to the lack of mountains of a similar height nearby. It stands alone to the north of the Luberon range, separated by the Monts de Vaucluse, and just to the east of the Dentelles de Montmirail, its foothills. The top of the mountain is bare limestone without vegetation or trees, which makes the mountain's barren peak appear from a distance to be snow-capped all year round (its snow cover actually only lasts from December to April). Its isolated position overlooking the valley of the Rhône ensures that it dominates... Wikivoyage: Mont Ventoux is a mountain in Vaucluse, southern France.