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==Passes== [[Image:Great St Bernard-700px.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Great St Bernard pass]] The chief [[mountain pass|passes]] of the Pennine Alps are:<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Alps |volume=1 |page=743 |first=William Augustus Brevoort |last=Coolidge}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Mountain pass ! location ! type ! colspan=2 | elevation |- | Sesiajoch | [[Zermatt]] to [[Alagna Valsesia|Alagna]] | snow | 4,424 | 14,515 |- | Domjoch | [[Randa, Switzerland|Randa]] to [[Saas-Fee]] | snow | 4,286 | 14,062 |- | Lisjoch | Zermatt to [[Gressoney-La-Trinité]] | snow | 4,277 | 14,033 |- | Mischabeljoch | Zermatt to Saas-Fee | snow | 3,856 | 12,651 |- | Alphubel Pass | Zermatt to Saas-Fee | snow | 3,802 | 12,474 |- | Adler Pass | Zermatt to Saas-Fee | snow | 3,798 | 12,461 |- | Moming Pass | Zermatt to [[Zinal]] | snow | 3,745 | 12,287 |- | Schwarztor | Zermatt to [[Ayas, Italy|Ayas]] | snow | 3,741 | 12,274 |- | Ried Pass | [[Sankt-Niklaus]] to Saas-Fee | snow | 3,597 | 11,800 |- | Neues Weisstor | Zermatt to [[Macugnaga]] | snow | 3,580 | 11,746 |- | Allalin Pass | Zermatt to Saas-Fee | snow | 3,570 | 11,713 |- | Col de Valpelline | Zermatt to [[Aosta]] | snow | 3,562 | 11,687 |- | Biesjoch | Randa to [[Turtmann]] | snow | 3,549 | 11,644 |- | Triftjoch | Zermatt to Zinal | snow | 3,540 | 11,615 |- | Col du Sonadon | [[Bourg-Saint-Pierre]] to the Val de [[Bagnes]] | snow | 3,489 | 11,447 |- | Col d'Herens | Zermatt to [[Evolène]] | snow | 3,480 | 11,418 |- | Col Durand | Zermatt to Zinal | snow | 3,474 | 11,398 |- | Col des Maisons Blanches | Bourg-Saint-Pierre to the Val de Bagnes | snow | 3,426 | 11,241 |- | Col de Bertol | [[Arolla]] to the Col d'Herens | snow | 3,414 | 11,200 |- | Col du Mont Rouge | Val de Bagnes to the Val d'[[Hérémence]] | snow | 3,341 | 10,962 |- | [[Theodul Pass|Theodulpass]] | Zermatt to [[Valtournenche]] | snow | 3,322 | 10,899 |- | Col de Tracuit | Zinal to Turtmann | snow | 3,252 | 10,670 |- | Zwischbergen Pass | Saas-Fee to [[Zwischbergen|Gondo]] | snow | 3,248 | 10,657 |- | Col d'Oren | Val de Bagnes to the [[Valpelline, Aosta Valley|Valpelline]] | snow | 3,242 | 10,637 |- | Col de Seilon | Val de Bagnes to the Val d'Hérémence | snow | 3,200 | 10,499 |- | Col du Cret | Val de Bagnes to the Val d'Hérémence | snow | 3,148 | 10,329 |- | Col de Valcournera | Valtournenche to the [[Valpelline, Aosta Valley|Valpelline]] | snow | 3,147 | 10,325 |- | Col de Collon | Arolla to Aosta | snow | 3,130 | 10,270 |- | Col de Valsorey | Bourg-Saint-Pierre to Aosta | snow | 3,113 | 10'214 |- | Col de Chermontane | Val de Bagnes to Arolla | snow | 3084 | 10,119 |- | Cimes Blanches | Valtournenche to Ayas | bridle path | 2,980 | 9,777 |- | Col de Torrent | Evolène to the Val de Torrent | bridle path | 2,924 | 9,593 |- | Augstbord Pass | Sankt-Niklaus to Turtmann | bridle path | 2,893 | 9,492 |- | [[Col de Crête Sèche]] | Val de Bagnes to the Valpelline | snow | 2,888 | 9,475 |- | Col d'Olen | Alagna to Gressoney | bridle path | 2,871 | 9,420 |- | Monte Moro | Saas-Fee to [[Macugnaga]] | bridle path | 2,862 | 9,390 |- | Pas de Chevres | Arolla to the Val d'Hérémence | footpath | 2,851 | 9,354 |- | Antrona Pass | Saas-Fee to [[Antrona Schieranco|Antrona]] | bridle path | 2,844 | 9,331 |- | Col de Sorebois | Zinal to the Val de Torrent | bridle path | 2,825 | 9,269 |- | Col de Vessona | Valpelline to [[Nus, Aosta Valley|Nus]] | footpath | 2,794 | 9,167 |- | Fenêtre de Durand | Val de Bagnes to [[Aosta]] | bridle path | 2,786 | 9,141 |- | Z'Meiden Pass | Zinal to Turtmann | bridle path | 2,772 | 9,095 |- | Turlo Pass | Alagna to Macugnaga | footpath | 2,736 | 8,977 |- | Fenêtre de Ferret | [[Great St. Bernard Pass|Great St Bernard]] to the Swiss Val Ferret | bridle path | 2,699 | 8,855 |- | Bettaforca Pass<ref>Hilary Sharp, ''Tour of Monte Rosa: A Trekker's Guide''.</ref> (''Bättforko'') | Ayas to Gressoney-La-Trinité | bridle path | 2,676 | 8,780 |- | Col Serena | Great St Bernard to [[Morgex]] | footpath | 2,538 | 8,327 |- | [[Col Ferret]] | Courmayeur to Orsières | bridle path | 2,533 | 8,311 |- | Col de Valdobbia | Gressoney to the [[Valsesia|Val Sesia]] | bridle path | 2,479 | 8,134 |- | [[Great St. Bernard Pass|Great St Bernard]] | [[Martigny, Switzerland|Martigny]] to [[Aosta]] | road | 2,472 | 8,111 |- | Col de Moud | Alagna to [[Rima San Giuseppe|Rima]] | bridle path | 2,323 | 7,622 |- | Col d'Egua | Rima to the [[Valle Anzasca]] | bridle path | 2,236 | 7,336 |- | [[Simplon Pass]] | [[Brig, Switzerland|Brig]] to [[Domodossola]] | road | 2,009 | 6,592 |- | [[Bocchetta del Croso]] | [[Piedicavallo]] to [[Valsesia]] | bridle path | 1,941 | 6,374 |- | Baranca Pass | [[Varallo Sesia|Varallo]] to the Val Anzasca | bridle path | 1,820 | 5,971 |}
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