Mont-Fallère
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.
GeographyThe 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 classificationAccording to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:[4]
Access to the summitThe 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
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