Grand Ventron
| Grand Ventron | ||
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 Orientation board on the summit of Grand Ventron |
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| height | 1204 m | |
| location | Haut-Rhin department , Vosges department , Grand Est region , France | |
| Mountains | Vosges | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 57 '34 " N , 6 ° 55' 31" E | |
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The Grand Ventron (German: Winterau ) is a mountain in the Vosges . Its height is 1204 meters. It is located on the Genze of the Haut-Rhin (Upper Rhine ) and Vosges departments to the west of the small municipality of Wildenstein in the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park and in the Réserve naturelle nationale du massif du Ventron .
location
The Grand Ventron is located on the ridge that forms the border between Alsace and Lorraine and which is crossed south of the Col d'Oderen and north of the Col de Bramont . The closest location not far west of the summit is La Chaume . East of the mountain runs roughly in a north-south direction, the Thur Valley (Vallée de la Thur) with the communities Wildenstein and Kruth (German: Krüt) and the reservoir Lac de Kruth-Wildenstein . The mountain can be reached via small roads from Ventron in Lorraine and Cornimont .
tourism
The Grand Ventron, located in the Hautes Chaumes (high pastures, Alemannic: Wasen) area offers a very good view. The relatively long ascent leads mostly through forest and can run through snow until June. There is an orientation board on the summit. There is a Club Alpin Français refuge at Grand Ventron and an inn at La Chaume du Grand Ventron.
The area offers modest opportunities for skiing ( Brabant station in the north-west).
