Mont-Fallère
Geography
The Mont-Fallère is located on the ridge dividing the Great St Bernard Valley (North and East) 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:
- main part = Western Alps
- major sector = North Western Alps
- section = Pennine Alps
- subsection = Grand Combin Alps
- supergroup = Catena Grande Rochère-Grand Golliaz
- group = Grande Rochère-Monte Fallère
- subgroup = Gruppo del Monte Fallère
- code = I/B-9.I-A.2.b
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). Both of them require some hiking experience. The top of Mont-Fallère offers a good point of view on Mont Blanc, Grand Combin, Grivola and many other peaks of the Graian and Pennine Alps.
Mountain huts
- Refuge du Mont-Fallère (2,385 m).
Maps
- Military Geographic Institute (IGM) official maps of Italy, 1:25.000 and 1:100.000 scale, on-line version
- Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n. 5 Cervino e Monte Rosa, Istituto Geografico Centrale - Torino
External links
- "Tour du Mont Fallère on lovevda.org".
- "Access route on camptocamp.org" (in French).
- "Access route on vienormali.it" (in Italian).
References
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- ^ "Navigatore Cartografico SCT (3.14.0)". geonavsct.partout.it. Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta. Retrieved 2018-12-17.
- ^ "Monte Fallere, Italy". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
- ^ "Navigatore Cartografico SCT (3.14.0)". geonavsct.partout.it. Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
- ^ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
- ^ "Fallère (Mont) da Vetan, anello - Valle d'Aosta". gulliver.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-12-17.
- ^ "Bollettino" (in Italian). 13. Club Alpino Italiano. 1879: 388–389.
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