Mont-Fallère

LocationAosta Valley, ItalyParent rangePennine AlpsClimbingEasiest routeHike

The Mont-Fallère or Mont Fallère^[1] (sometimes wrongly spelled in Italian as Fallere) is a 3,061.5^[1] metres high mountain belonging to the Italian side of Pennine Alps.

Geography

The Mont-Fallère is located on the ridge dividing the Great St Bernard Valley (North and East)^[3] from the Valdigne, a term and used to define the upper part of the Aosta Valley. Administratively the mountain is the tripoint connecting the Italian comunes of Sarre, Gignod and Saint-Pierre.

SOIUSA classification

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:^[4]

• main part = Western Alps
• major sector = North Western Alps
• section = Pennine Alps
• subsection = Grand Combin Alps
• supergroup = Catena Grande Rochère-Grand Golliaz
• group = Grande Rochère-Monte Fallère
• subgroup = Gruppo del Monte Fallère
• code = I/B-9.I-A.2.b

Access to the summit

The mountain can be accessed by signposted routes or from Thouraz (1.652 m), a village in the comune of Sarre, or from Vétan (Saint-Pierre).^[5] Both of them require some hiking experience. The top of Mont-Fallère offers a good point of view on Mont Blanc, Grand Combin, Grivola^[6] and many other peaks of the Graian and Pennine Alps.

Mountain huts

• Refuge du Mont-Fallère (2,385 m).

Maps

• Military Geographic Institute (IGM) official maps of Italy, 1:25.000 and 1:100.000 scale, on-line version
• Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n. 5 Cervino e Monte Rosa, Istituto Geografico Centrale - Torino

External links

• "Tour du Mont Fallère on lovevda.org".
• "Access route on camptocamp.org" (in French).
• "Access route on vienormali.it" (in Italian).

References