Les Trappistes

Les Trappistes is in Sembrancher, Entremont District, Valais. Les Trappistes is situated near the scenic viewpoint La Médille, as well as near the cliff La Fory.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: La Crevasse and Le Catogne.

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.

Le Catogne

Peak

Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Le Catogne is a mountain on the extreme north-eastern edge of the Mont Blanc massif, overlooking Champex in the Swiss canton of Valais. Some sources consider this summit as being within the Pennine Alps. Le Catogne is situated 3 km southwest of Les Trappistes.

Col des Planches

Mountain saddle

Col des Planches

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 471 metres with an average gradient of about 9%, over Col des Planches then down to Sembrancher at 717 metres with an average gradient of 7%.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Luder House and Sembrancher.

Luder House

Locality

Photo: Vaquins, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Luder House is a locality.

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.

Bovernier

Village

Photo: Lysippos, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.

Bovernier is a municipality in the district of Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Bovernier is situated 3 km west of Les Trappistes.

Les Trappistes

Type: Sign
Categories: information and tourism
Location: Sembrancher, Entremont District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.07809° or 46° 4′ 41″ north

Longitude

7.12713° or 7° 7′ 38″ east

Elevation

697 metres (2,287 feet)

Open location code

8FR934HG+6V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9559585013

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=information

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Highlights: Les Trappistes and La Médille.

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