Col du Mont d'Orzeires

Col du Mont d'Orzeires
Pass at the Pierre Punex with a sign
Compass direction	west	east
Pass height	1061  m above sea level M.
Canton	Vaud	Vaud
Watershed	Lac Brenet → L'Orbe → Zihl Canal → Aare → Rhine	L'Orbe → Zihl Canal → Aare → Rhine
Valley locations	Le Pont ( L'Abbaye )	Vallorbe
expansion	Pass road
Winter closure	No
Mountains	law
profile
Ø pitch	1.8% (53 m / 3 km)	6.2% (312 m / 5 km)
Max. Incline		12%
Map (Vaud)
Coordinates	515 744  /  171104 coordinates: 46 ° 41 '9 "  N , 6 ° 20' 14"  O ; CH1903:  515,744  /  171104

The Col du Mont d'Orzeires is a pass at 1061  m above sea level. M. at the eastern exit of the Vallée de Joux in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

The pass road leads on the secondary road 152a from Le Pont ( 1008  m ), a village in the municipality of L'Abbaye, in a north-easterly direction along Lac Brenet to the Col du Mont d'Orzeires past the Pierre Punex ( 1061  m ) and continues to Chalêt du Mont d'Orzeires ( 1029  m ), where the Juraparc is located. After a few bends, the road runs from a height of 950  m above sea level. M. elongated in an easterly direction to La Dernier ( 764  m ) and Vallorbe ( 749  m ). The pass connects the Valle de Joux through the narrowness between the Risoux mountain range and the Dent de Vaulion ( 1483  m ) with the main road 9 near Vallorbe. A large part of today's route is part of the inventory of historical traffic routes in Switzerland .

tunnel

The Chemin de fer Pont-Vallorbe built a railway tunnel through the Mont d'Orzeires through which the Vallorbe-Le Brassus trains pass. The tunnel was built on the basis of a petition from the inhabitants of the Vallées in 1867 and opened in 1886. It had a double function, as it was not only used for rail transport, but also, in the event of an extraordinary flood, could drain the water from the two lakes.

Web links

• Col du Mont d'Orzeires on the website of the Canton of Vaud (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Federal inventory of historical traffic routes in Switzerland (Federal Roads Office FEDRO)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , IVS object: VD 1244, route: Le Pont - Vallorbe / - La Petite Echelle (F), meaning (NHG): local, degree of substance: historical course.  
2. ↑ Report on the question of percement du Mont d'Orzeires entre Le Pont et Vallorbes
3. ↑ Gilles Simond: Une ligne “picturesque” relie la vallée de Joux au monde. In: 24heures.ch. November 1, 2016, accessed January 18, 2018 (French).