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