Chablais Alps

Summary

The Chablais Alps (French: Massif du Chablais, pronounced [masif dy ʃablɛ]) are a mountain range in the western Alps. They are situated between Lake Geneva and the Mont Blanc Massif.[1] The Col des Montets separates them from the Mont Blanc Massif in the south, and the Rhône valley separates them from the Bernese Alps in the east.

Chablais Alps
French: Préalpes franco-suisses
The seven summits of the Dents du Midi
Highest point
PeakDents du Midi (Haute Cime)
Elevation3,257 m (10,686 ft)
Coordinates46°9′45″N 6°55′25″E / 46.16250°N 6.92361°E / 46.16250; 6.92361
Geography
Chablais Alps is located in Alps
Chablais Alps
Chablais Alps
CountriesSwitzerland and France
DepartmentsValais and Haute Savoie
Parent rangeAlps
Borders onBernese Alps and Mont Blanc Massif

The Chablais Alps are composed of two distinct parts separated by the Val d'Illiez: the Dents du Midi massif on the south which contains the highest peaks, and the alpine foothills on the north.

Peaks edit

Location of the main peaks
 
 
5km
3miles
 
 
France
 
Switzerland
 
Tenneverge
(2,989)
 
Hauts forts
(2,466)
 
Mont Buet
(3,096)
 
Dents blanches
(2,756)
 
Mont de Grange
(2,432)
 
Cornettes de Bise
(2,432)
 
Dent d'Oche
(2,221)
 
Les Jumelles
(2,215)
 
Tour Salière
(3,220)
 
Dents du Midi
(3,257)
  
 

The peaks of the Chablais Alps include:

Peak Elevation (m/ft)
Dents du Midi 3,257 10,686
Tour Sallière 3,220 10,564
Mont Ruan 3,053 10,016
Le Luisin 2,786 9,140
Dents Blanches 2,759 9,052
Pointe d'Anterne 2,733 8,967
Fontanabran 2,703 8,868
Hauts-Forts 2,466 8,091
Cornettes de Bise 2,432 7,979
Les Jumelles 2,215 7,267
Le Grammont 2,172 7,126
Pointe de l'Au 2,152 7,060
Dent du Vélan 2,059 6,755
Pointe de Bellevue 2,042 6,699
Pointe de Nyon 2,019 6,624
Pointe de Chavasse 2,012 6,601
Pointe d'Uble 1,963 6,440
Mont Billiat 1,894 6,214
Pointe d'Ireuse 1,890 6,200
Mont Ouzon 1,880 6,170
Le Môle 1,863 6,112
Grenier de Commune 1,775 5,823
Montagne des Mémises 1,674 5,492
Pointe de Miribel 1,581 5,187
Pointe des Brasses 1,502 4,928
Mont Bichet 1,360 4,460
Mont Orchez 1,347 4,419
Mont de Boisy 739 2,425
 
The Rhône valley on the right and the east part of the Chablais Alps on the left from across Lake Geneva
 
Summits of the Dents du Midi
 
Above Champéry
 
Tour Sallière

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Chaîne franco-suisse, Club Alpin Suisse CAS, 2003, ISBN -978-3-85902-209-6