Col du Pillon

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Col du Pillon
Col du Pillon

Col du Pillon

Compass direction west east
Pass height 1546  m above sea level M.
Canton Vaud Bern
Valley locations Le Sépey Gstaad
expansion Pass road
profile
Ø pitch 4.4% (596 m / 13.6 km) 2.9% (496 m / 17.25 km)
Max. Incline 9.7% 6.6%
Map (Vaud)
Col du Pillon (Canton of Vaud)
Col du Pillon
Coordinates 582002  /  133 593 coordinates: 46 ° 21 '13 "  N , 7 ° 12' 17"  O ; CH1903:  582002  /  133,593
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The Col du Pillon is a pass in the Swiss canton of Vaud . It is located between the towns of Les Diablerets (municipality of Ormont-Dessus ) and Gsteig , the pass is at 1546  m .

Since 1964, a cable car has been leading from Col du Pillon in two sections to the summit of Sex Rouge in the Glacier 3000 ski area of the Diablerets massif and enables skiing on the Tsanfleuron glacier plateau from October to May .

The pass road is open all year round.

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