Col de l’Encrenaz

Col de l’Encrenaz is a mountain saddle in Vallorcine, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and has an elevation of 2,579 metres. Col de l’Encrenaz is situated nearby to the locality Bérard, as well as near La Tête aux Vents.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Col des Montets and Aiguille du Belvédère.

Col des Montets

Mountain saddle

Photo: Idéfix, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Col des Montets is a mountain pass in the French Alps in the Haute-Savoie department of France. It is on the road between Chamonix, the Swiss Col de la Forclaz and Martigny in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.

Aiguille du Belvédère

Peak

Photo: Aiguille, Public domain.

Aiguille du Belvédère is a mountain of Haute-Savoie, France. It is the highest peak in the Aiguilles Rouges range of the French Prealps and has an altitude of 2,965 metres above sea level.

Argentière station

Railway station

Photo: Poudou99, CC BY 3.0.

Argentière station is a railway station in the commune of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, in the French department of Haute-Savoie. It is located on the 1,000 mm gauge Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine line of SNCF.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Argentière and Montroc.

Argentière

Village

Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Argentière is a picturesque skiing, alpine walking and mountaineering village in the French Alps, part of the commune of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, at an altitude of 1,252 m.

Montroc

Hamlet

Photo: X-Weinzar, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Montroc is a hamlet in eastern France, located in the territory of the commune of Chamonix. Several houses at Poses 150 m north-east of Montroc were destroyed on 9 February 1999 by a slab avalanche from Bec du Lachat and Mont Peclerey on the Mont Blanc massif, killing 12 people.

Le Tour

Hamlet

Photo: X-Weinzar, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Le Tour is a hamlet.

Col de l’Encrenaz

Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 2,579 metres
Category: landform
Location: Vallorcine, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude

45.9982° or 45° 59′ 54″ north

Longitude

6.8938° or 6° 53′ 38″ east

Elevation

2,579 metres (8,461 feet)

Open location code

8FQ8XVXV+7G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 469808153

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=saddle

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