The escarpments of alpine calcareous massifs are particularly sensitive to instabilities,because of their stratified structure witb beds of inequal hardness and of numerous factors which accelerate their erosion, such as water and ice in the rock cracks. The instability of calcareous escarpments is expressed as rockfalls or progressive movements. Progressive movements of two escarpments with comparable lithology located in Haute-Savoie have been quantified using two techniques. G. P. S. (Global Positionning System) has been employed to measure significative movements on the slope of Allèves between 1996 and 1998, using a network of 18 markers. Distancemetric measurements have been made using lines of sight between markers of the G. P. S. ne...