Col des Planches

Col des Planches
Col des Planches
Compass direction	west	Southeast
Pass height	1411  m above sea level M.
Canton	Valais
Watershed	Rhone	On it
Valley locations	Martigny	Sembrancher
expansion	Pass road
Winter closure	November - May
Mountains	Alps
profile
Ø pitch	9.2% (944 m / 10.3 km)	8.5% (697 m / 8.2 km)
Map (Valais)
Coordinates	575 722  /  105036 coordinates: 46 ° 5 '47 "  N , 7 ° 7' 29"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred and seventy-five thousand seven hundred and twenty-two  /  105036

The Col des Planches is a Swiss pass in the municipality of Vollèges in the canton of Valais , which connects Martigny and Sembrancher across the ridge that separates the Rhone Valley from the Dranse Valley. The main road from Martigny to the Great Saint Bernhard leads south through the Dransetal.

A road connects the pass in a north-easterly direction with the Col du Tronc ( 1606  m ) and further unpaved with the Col du Lein ( 1658  m ).

Web links

• Col des Planches on quaeldich.de