Col des Planches
Col des Planches is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The road to the Col runs from Martigny at 471m with an average gradient of about 9%, over Col des Planches then down to Sembrancher at 717m with an average gradient of 7%…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include La Crevasse and Martigny railway station.
La Crevasse
Peak
Photo: Jojo 1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Crevasse is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, overlooking Sembrancher in the canton of Valais. It lies just east of the Col des Planches. The mountain is mostly wooded, except for its southwestern side, which consists of almost vertical cliffs.
Martigny railway station
Railway station
Photo: Tukka, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Martigny railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Martigny, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Simplon line of Swiss Federal Railways and the junction of the 1,000 mm Martigny–Châtelard and standard gauge Martigny–Orsières lines of Transports de Martigny et Régions and RegionAlps, respectively.
Col du Lein
Mountain saddle
Photo: Olivier Bruchez, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Col du Lein is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It connects Saxon in the valley of the Rhône with Vollèges in the Val de Bagnes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Charrat and Luder House.
Charrat
Village
Photo: Björn S..., CC BY-SA 2.0.
Charrat is a former municipality in the district of Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Charrat merged into the municipality of Martigny.
Sembrancher
Village
Photo: Maurice Perry, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sembrancher is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Col des Planches
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,406 metres
- Description: mountain pass
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Val de Bagnes, Entremont District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.09699° or 46° 5′ 49″ northLongitude
7.12418° or 7° 7′ 27″ eastElevation
1,406 metres (4,613 feet)Open location code
8FR934WF+QMOpenStreetMap ID
node 423639577OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Col des Planches” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Col des Planches”
- French: “col des Planches”
- French: “Planches, Col des”
- German: “Col des Planches”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as La Crevasse and Vens.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Col des Planches”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.