Col de Balme

Col de Balme
View from Col de Balme to Lac d'Emosson
Pass height	2203  m above sea level M.
region	Canton of Valais , Switzerland	Region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes , France
Watershed	Trento → Rhone	Arve (river) → Rhone
Valley locations	Trient VS ( Vallée du Trient )	Le Tour ( Haute-Savoie department )
expansion	Mule track
Mountains	Valais Alps
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Coordinates , ( CH )	46 ° 1 '36 "  N , 6 ° 58' 13"  O ( 563730  /  97340 ) coordinates: 46 ° 1 '36 "  N , 6 ° 58' 13"  O ; CH1903:  563730  /  97340

The Col de Balme is a 2203  m above sea level. M. high Saumpass over the Alps . The border between France and Switzerland runs at the top of the pass . The Saumpass connects the municipality of Trento ( 1,300  m above sea level ) in the canton of Valais with Le Tour ( 1,453 m ) in the municipality of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc in France.

The Refuge Col de Balme is located directly at the pass . The Col de Balme provides a clear view of the Chamonix valley with Mont Blanc . It is also a stage on a variant of the Tour du Mont-Blanc and the Haute Route . From here you can get to the Refuge Albert 1er . The pass is on Via Alpina (R113).

The pass can be reached with the gondola lift and a chairlift operated by the Compagnie du Mont-Blanc from the village of Le Tour.

literature

• Horace Bénédict de Saussure : Le col de balme. In: Voyages dans les Alpes, précédes d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Genève. Volume 2. Barde, Manget & Compagnie, Geneva 1786.

Web links

Commons : Col de Balme  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Municipality Trento: Refuge du col de balme
2. ↑ Mountain World: Bisse du Trient - Col de Balme

Refuge du col de balme