Col de la Croix (Vaud)

Col de la Croix (VD)
Col de la Croix (VD)
Compass direction	west	east
Pass height	1778  m above sea level M.
Canton	Vaud
Watershed	La Gryonne → Rhone	Torrent de Culan → Grande Eau → Rhone
Valley locations	Bex	Les Diablerets
expansion	Street
Built	?
Lock	November - May
profile
Ø pitch	6.4% (1353 m / 21 km)	7.7% (612 m / 8 km)
Max. Incline	12%	12%
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Coordinates	575 974  /  130448 coordinates: 46 ° 19 '30 "  N , 7 ° 7' 36"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred and seventy-five thousand nine hundred seventy-four  /  130448

The Col de la Croix is a pass in the Swiss canton of Vaud . It is located between the towns of Bex and Les Diablerets , the top of the pass is 1778  m above sea level. M.

Near the top of the pass, the gypsum pyramids (Pyramides de Gypse), which have been shaped to a point by erosion, are on both sides of the road .

In winter, when the pass road is closed to traffic, the route is used as a toboggan run.

On March 5, 1798, the Saaner repulsed Napoleon's French troops here .

Web links

Commons : Col de la Croix (Vaud)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jean-Pierre Dewarrat: Col de la Croix. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gypsum pyramids On: Wanderland.ch