Doors to the Natural Park of Ecrins and Oisans, Alpe du Grand Serre is a resort made up of small hamlets. Perched on the neck of the Dead, it is located between the valleys of the Romanche and Roizonne.
The tourist resort of Alpe du Grand Serre is located in the town of La Morte whose name is still legend in Isère.
If we refer to scholars, "the Dead", is the original pre-Celtic, "mor-murr" meaning rocky hill. The Latin suffix "ta" is then added, the name evolved in the 13th century "Mortua", then in the 14th century by Mons Morta. But this name claim, one suspects, has encouraged the imagination fertile and gave rise to many interpretations and legends that have passed through the ages to enter the heritage of the station.
In 1939, a hotelier La Morte, proposes to name the place a more adapted to the new ski and tourism along the way name the fledgling station "Alpe du Grand Serre". It is in the 60s, when the station turned to winter sports the name of the Alpe du Grand Serre is adopted.
