Les Pétoudes d’en Haut

Les Pétoudes d’en Haut is a locality in Trient, Martigny District, Valais. Les Pétoudes d’en Haut is situated nearby to the locality Grands Dessous, as well as near Grands Dessus.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Trient Glacier and Aiguille du Tour.

Trient Glacier

Glacier

Photo: Poschi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Trient Glacier is a 4.3 km long glacier in the Mont Blanc Massif in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of 6.4 km². The upper part of the glacier forms a large plateau named Plateau du Trient.

Aiguille du Tour

Peak

Photo: O.Taris, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Aiguille du Tour is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif, located on the border between Switzerland and France. The voie normale on the mountain is graded F and can be climbed from either the Albert Premier Hut on the French side or the Trient Hut on the Swiss side. Aiguille du Tour is situated 3 km south of Les Pétoudes d’en Haut.

Le Génépi

Peak

Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Le Génépi is a mountain of the Swiss Mont Blanc massif, located west of Champex in the canton of Valais. It is the culminating point of the group lying north of the Fenêtre d'Arpette. Le Génépi is situated 2½ km east of Les Pétoudes d’en Haut.