La Para
La Para is a mountain of the western Bernese Alps, overlooking Les Diablerets in the canton of Vaud.Photo: Robert Young, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Description: mountain of the Vaud Prealps, Switzerland
- Also known as: “La Pare” and “La Tornette”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Le Tarent and Cape au Moine.
Le Tarent
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Tarent is a mountain in the western Bernese Alps, overlooking Les Diablerets in the canton of Vaud. At 2,548 metres above sea level, it is the highest mountain of the range lying north of the Col du Pillon.
Cape au Moine
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cape au Moine is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located between L'Etivaz and Les Diablerets in the canton of Vaud. It lies east of La Para. It should not be confused with a nearby peak of the same name on the border of the cantons of Vaud and Fribourg…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Les Diablerets and L’Etivaz.
Les Diablerets
Photo: Zacharie Grossen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Les Diablerets is a ski resort in Vaud in Switzerland. It has high-altitude skiing on the glacier and some challenging runs. It's connected by ski-lifts to nearby Villars-sur-Ollon, which is at lower altitude and better suited to young children and beginners.
L’Etivaz
Hamlet
Photo: Leo Wehrli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
L’Etivaz is a hamlet, which is situated 4½ km north of La Para.
Gsteig bei Gstaad
Village
Photo: chrn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gsteig bei Gstaad is a municipality in the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Gsteig was formerly known by the French name of Châtelet. Gsteig bei Gstaad is situated 9 km east of La Para.
La Para
- Categories: mountain, tourism, and peak
- Location: Ormont-Dessus, Aigle District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.38291° or 46° 22′ 59″ northLongitude
7.15244° or 7° 9′ 9″ eastElevation
2,540 metres (8,333 feet)Open location code
8FR995M2+5XOpenStreetMap ID
node 454092684OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpointWikidata ID
Q3647540
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“La Para” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “لا بارا”
- Cebuano: “La Pare (tumoy sa bukid sa Swisa)”
- Cebuano: “La Pare”
- Dutch: “La Para”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل لا بارا”
- French: “La Para”
- French: “la Pare”
- French: “La Pare”
- Georgian: “ლა-პარა”
- Italian: “La Para”
- Italian: “La Pare”
- Ladin: “La Para”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “La Para”
- Polish: “La Pare”
- Polish: “Tornette”
- Spanish: “La Para”
- Swedish: “La Pare (bergstopp i Schweiz)”
- Swedish: “La Pare”
- Venetian: “La Para”
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