Mont-Fallère
The Mont-Fallère or Mont Fallère is a 3,061.5 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 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 the mountain can be classified in the following way:- 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, a village in the comune of Sarre, or from Vétan. Both of them require some hiking experience. The top of Mont-Fallère offers a good point of view on Mont Blanc, Grand Combin, Grivola and many other peaks of the Graian and Pennine Alps.Mountain huts
- Refuge du Mont-Fallère.
Maps
- Military Geographic Institute official maps of Italy, 1:25.000 and 1:100.000 scale,
- Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n. 5 Cervino e Monte Rosa, Istituto Geografico Centrale - Torino