Mont-Fallère Explained

Mont-Fallère
Elevation M:3061
Prominence M:554
Prominence Ref:[1]
Listing:Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Map:Alps
Location:Aosta Valley, Italy
Range:Pennine Alps
Coordinates:45.7755°N 7.195°W
Easiest Route:Hike

The Mont-Fallère or Mont Fallère (sometimes wrongly spelled in Italian as Fallere) is a 3,061.5[2] metres high mountain belonging to the Italian side of Pennine Alps.

Geography

The Mont-Fallère is located on the ridge dividing the Great St Bernard Valley (North and East)[3] from the Valdigne, a term and used to define the upper part of the Aosta Valley. Administratively the mountain is the tripoint connecting the Italian comunes of Sarre, Gignod and Saint-Pierre.

SOIUSA classification

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:[4]

Access to the summit

The mountain can be accessed by signposted routes or from Thouraz (1.652 m), a village in the comune of Sarre, or from Vétan (Saint-Pierre).[5] Both of them require some hiking experience. The top of Mont-Fallère offers a good point of view on Mont Blanc, Grand Combin, Grivola[6] and many other peaks of the Graian and Pennine Alps.

Mountain huts

Maps

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Monte Fallere, Italy . Peakbagger.com . 2018-12-18 .
  2. Web site: Navigatore Cartografico SCT (3.14.0) . Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta . geonavsct.partout.it . 2018-12-17 .
  3. Web site: Navigatore Cartografico SCT (3.14.0) . Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta . geonavsct.partout.it . 2018-11-26 .
  4. Book: Marazzi , Sergio . Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA . Priuli & Verlucca . 2005 . Italian . 978-88-8068-273-8 .
  5. Web site: Fallère (Mont) da Vetan, anello - Valle d'Aosta. it . gulliver.it. 2018-12-17.
  6. it . Bollettino . 13 . 1879. . 388–389 .