Col de la Croix (Vaud)
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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 |
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 .