Le Planolet Saint-Hugues-de-Chartreuse Col de Porte Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse La Ruchère (cross-country skiing) Saint-Hilaire-du-Touvet Col de Marcieu Col du Coq Environment The Parc Naturel Régional de la Chartreuse was founded in May 1995. The Réserve Naturelle des Hauts de Chartreuse was founded in 1997. It includes seven Isère townships and four Savoie townships. Miscellaneous The Chartreuse Mountains gave their name to the monastery of the Grande Chartreuse, the monastic Carthusian Order takes its name from these mountains, where its first hermitage was founded in 1084. Also derived from the mountain range's name is that of the alcoholic cordial Chartreuse produced by the monks since the 1740s, and of the chartreuse colour, greenish hue of the Chartreuse liqueur, named after the drink. References External links Chartreuse: A Walking Guide A Wiki-Walks guide to some less well known hiking routes in the Chartreuse Mountain ranges of the Alps Mountain ranges of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Mountains of Isère Mountains of Savoie