Editing Pennine Alps

{{Short description|Mountain range in the western Alps within Italy and Switzerland}}
{{Distinguish|Pennines|Apennine Mountains}}

{{Infobox mountain
 | name              = Pennine Alps
 | other_name        = {{langx|fr|Alpes Pennines}}, {{langx|de|Walliser Alpen}}, {{langx|it|Alpi Pennine}}, {{langx|la|[[Alpes Poeninae]]}}
 | photo             = Valais Alps.jpg
 | photo_caption     = View of Pennine Alps from [[Riederalp]]
 | country_type      = [[List of sovereign states|Countries]]
 | country           = {{hlist|[[Italy]]|[[Switzerland]]}}
 | subdivision1_type = [[Regions of Italy|Regions]]/[[Cantons of Switzerland|Canton]]
 | subdivision1      = {{hlist|[[Aosta Valley]]|[[Piedmont]]|[[Valais]]}}
 | parent            = [[Alps]]
 | borders_on        = {{hlist|[[Bernese Alps in the wide meaning|Bernese Alps]]|[[Graian Alps]]|[[Lepontine Alps]]|[[Po Valley]]}}
 | length_km         = 
 | length_orientation = 
 | width_km          = 
 | width_orientation = 
 | geology           = 
 | orogeny           = 
 | highest           = {{langx|it|Punta Dufour}}/{{langx|de|Dufourspitze}}
 | elevation_m       = 4,634
 | range_coordinates = {{Coord|46|05|N|7|50|E|type:mountain_region:CH_scale:300000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
 | coordinates       = {{Coord|45|56|12|N|7|52|00|E|type:mountain_region:CH_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline}}
 | map_image         = File:Walliser Alpen.png
 | map_caption       = Map of Pennine Alps and their location in Switzerland and Italy (red)
}}

The '''Pennine Alps''' ({{langx|fr|Alpes Pennines}}, {{langx|de|Walliser Alpen}}, {{langx|it|Alpi Pennine}}, {{langx|la|[[Alpes Poeninae]]}}), sometimes referred to as the '''Valais Alps''' (which are just the Northern Swiss part of the Pennine Alps), are a [[mountain range]] in the western part of the [[Alps]]. They are located in [[Italy]] (the [[Aosta Valley]] and [[Piedmont]]) and [[Switzerland]] ([[Valais]]).

The Pennine Alps are amongst the three highest major subranges of the Alps, together with the [[Bernese Alps]] and the Graian Alps that include the [[Mont Blanc massif]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uc6pDwAAQBAJ | title=Natural Wonders of the World | publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley Limited]] | year=2017 | pages=138 | isbn=9780241428436 |quote=The Alps contain many subranges, some of which are mapped below. The loftiest are the Pennine Alps, which contain 13 of the highest 20 alpine peaks; the Bernese Alps contain four; and the Mont Blanc Massif in the Graian Alps has three.}}</ref>

== Geography ==
The Italian side is drained by the rivers [[Dora Baltea]], [[Sesia]] and [[Toce]], tributaries of the [[Po (river)|Po]]. The Swiss side is drained by the [[Rhône]].

The [[Great St Bernard Tunnel]], under the [[Great St Bernard Pass]], leads from [[Martigny, Switzerland]] to [[Aosta]].

==Morphology==
The main chain ([[drainage divide|watershed]] between the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and the [[Adriatic Sea]]) runs from west to east on the border between [[Italy]] (south) and [[Switzerland]] (north). From [[Mont Vélan]], the first high summit east of [[Great St. Bernard Pass|St Bernard Pass]], the chain rarely goes below 3000 metres and contains many [[List of Alpine Four-thousanders|four-thousanders]] such as [[Matterhorn]] or [[Monte Rosa]]. The valleys are quite similar on both side of the border, being generally oriented perpendicular to the main chain and descending progressively into the [[Rhône]] Valley on the north and the [[Aosta Valley]] on the south. Unlike many other mountain ranges, the higher peaks are often located outside the main chain and found themselves between the northern valleys ([[Grand Combin]], [[Weisshorn]], [[Mischabel]], [[Weissmies]]).

==Peaks==
{{See also|List of mountains in Switzerland}}
<gallery>
File:2016 1129 KL1556 Monte Rosa Matterhorn.jpg|Aerial view of the Pennine Alps from a plane above Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco)
File:MonteRosa004.jpg|Monte Rosa
File:Matterhornnorth.jpg|Matterhorn (Cervino)
</gallery>

The chief peaks of the Pennine Alps are:
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{|  class="wikitable sortable"
! align=left | Name
! align=left | Height
|-
| [[Dufourspitze]]
| {{convert|4634|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Nordend]]
| {{convert|4608|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Zumsteinspitze]]
| {{convert|4563|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Signalkuppe]]
| {{convert|4554|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Dom (Mischabel)|Dom]]
| {{convert|4546|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Liskamm]]
| {{convert|4532|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Weisshorn]]
| {{convert|4505|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Täschhorn]]
| {{convert|4491|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Matterhorn]]
| {{convert|4478|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Parrotspitze]]
| {{convert|4434|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Dent Blanche]]
| {{convert|4357|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Nadelhorn]]
| {{convert|4327|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Grand Combin]]
| {{convert|4309|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Lenzspitze]]
| {{convert|4294|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Stecknadelhorn]]
| {{convert|4240|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Castor (Zwillinge)|Castor]]
| {{convert|4225|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Zinalrothorn]]
| {{convert|4221|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Hohberghorn]]
| {{convert|4218|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Alphubel]]
| {{convert|4206|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Rimpfischhorn]]
| {{convert|4199|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Strahlhorn]]
| {{convert|4190|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Dent d'Hérens]]
| {{convert|4173|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Breithorn]]
| {{convert|4160|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Bishorn]]
| {{convert|4151|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Breithornzwillinge]]
| {{convert|4138|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Pollux (Zwillinge)|Pollux]]
| {{convert|4089|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Ober Gabelhorn]]
| {{convert|4063|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Dürrenhorn]]
| {{convert|4035|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Allalinhorn]]
| {{convert|4027|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Weissmies]]
| {{convert|4013|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Lagginhorn]]
| {{convert|4010|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Fletschhorn]]
| {{convert|3985|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Adlerhorn]]
| {{convert|3988|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Schalihorn]]
| {{convert|3974|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Jägerhorn]]
| {{convert|3970|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Grand Cornier]]
| {{convert|3962|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Ulrichshorn]]
| {{convert|3925|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Wellenkuppe]]
| {{convert|3898|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Feechopf]]
| {{convert|3888|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Klein Matterhorn]]
| {{convert|3883|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Pointe du Mountet]]
| {{convert|3877|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[La Ruinette]]
| {{convert|3875|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|}
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{|  class="wikitable sortable"
! align=left | Name
! align=left | Height
|-
| [[Mont Blanc de Cheilon]]
| {{convert|3870|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Bouquetins]]
| {{convert|3838|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Tour de Boussine]]
| {{convert|3833|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Brunegghorn]]
| {{convert|3831|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Balfrin]]
| {{convert|3796|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Cima di Jazzi]]
| {{convert|3792|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Pigne d'Arolla]]
| {{convert|3787|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Mont Vélan]]
| {{convert|3765|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Kinhorn]]
| {{convert|3750|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[L'Évêque]]
| {{convert|3738|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Tête Blanche]]
| {{convert|3710|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|- 
| [[Le Pleureur]]
| {{convert|3706|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Aiguille de la Tsa]]
| {{convert|3668|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Besso, Valais|Besso]]
| {{convert|3667|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Mont Collon]]
| {{convert|3637|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Les Diablons]]
| {{convert|3605|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Pointes de Mourti]]
| {{convert|3564|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Le Ritord]]
| {{convert|3556|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Dents de Bertol]]
| {{convert|3547|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Mont Gelé (Bagnes)|Mont Gelé]]
| {{convert|3518|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Petite Aiguille]]
| {{convert|3517|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Becca di Luseney]]
| {{convert|3506|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| Château des Dames
| {{convert|3489|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Tällihorn]]
| {{convert|3448|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Pigne de la Lé]]
| {{convert|3396|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| Grand Tournalin
| {{convert|3379|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Rosablanche]]
| {{convert|3348|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Wasuhorn]]
| {{convert|3343|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Mont Avril]]
| {{convert|3341|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Almagellhorn]]
| {{convert|3327|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| Grande Rochère
| {{convert|3326|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Corno Bianco]]
| {{convert|3320|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Testa Grigia]]
| {{convert|3315|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[La Cassorte]]
| {{convert|3301|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Böshorn]]
| {{convert|3268|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Le Parrain]]
| {{convert|3259|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Sasseneire]]
| {{convert|3259|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Bösentrift]]
| {{convert|3248|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Festihorn]]
| {{convert|3248|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Grand Golliat]]
| {{convert|3240|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Jazzihorn]]
| {{convert|3227|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| Pizzo Bianco
| {{convert|3216|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Mont de la Gouille]]
| {{convert|3212|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Latelhorn]]
| {{convert|3207|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Jegihorn]]
| {{convert|3206|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|}
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{|  class="wikitable sortable"
! align=left | Name
! align=left | Height
|-
| [[Schwarzhorn (Mattertal)|Schwarzhorn]]
| {{convert|3204|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Lammenhorn]]
| {{convert|3190|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Gornergrat]]
| {{convert|3136|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Pointe d'Ar Pitetta]]
| {{convert|3133|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Corno di Faller]]
| {{convert|3128|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Frilihorn]]
| {{convert|3124|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|- 
| [[Mont Rogneux]]
| {{convert|3084|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|- 
| [[Le Boudri]]
| {{convert|3070|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|- 
| [[Mont Néry]]
| {{convert|3070|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Seetalhorn]]
| {{convert|3037|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Bella Tola]]
| {{convert|3028|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Corno Bussola]]
| {{convert|3023|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Le Toûno]]
| {{convert|3018|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Sparruhorn]]
| {{convert|2988|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Monte Tagliaferro]]
| {{convert|2964|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Pointe de Barasson]]
| {{convert|2963|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Mont Blava]]
| {{convert|2932|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Riffelhorn]]
| {{convert|2931|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Palanche de la Cretta]]
| {{convert|2927|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Bec de la Montau]]
| {{convert|2922|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Ochsehorn]]
| {{convert|2912|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Signalhorn]]
| {{convert|2911|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Sex de Marinda]]
| {{convert|2906|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Aiguille des Angroniettes]]
| {{convert|2885|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Balmahorn]]
| {{convert|2870|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Roc d'Orzival]]
| {{convert|2853|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Le Mourin]]
| {{convert|2766|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Pletschuhorn]]
| {{convert|2751|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Becca de Corbassière]]
| {{convert|2749|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Cima del Rosso]]
| {{convert|2624|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Wenghorn]]
| {{convert|2587|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Monte Bo|Cima di Bo]]
| {{convert|2556|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Ergischhorn]]
| {{convert|2526|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Glishorn]]
| {{convert|2525|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Crêta de Vella]]
| {{convert|2519|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Six Blanc]]
| {{convert|2445|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Cima Verosso]]
| {{convert|2444|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Guggilihorn]]
| {{convert|2351|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Testa di Comagna]]
| {{convert|2106|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|}
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==Glaciers==
[[Image:Weissmies.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Weissmies]]
[[Image:GrandCombin3.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Grand Combin]]
Main [[glacier]]s:

*[[Gorner Glacier]]
*[[Corbassière Glacier]]
*[[Findel Glacier]]
*[[Zmutt Glacier]]
*[[Zinal Glacier]]
*[[Otemma Glacier]]
*[[Allalin Glacier]]
*[[Ferpècle Glacier]]
*[[Fee Glacier]]
*[[Mont Miné Glacier]]
*[[Ried Glacier]]
*[[Turtmann Glacier]]
*[[Moiry Glacier]]
*[[Arolla Glacier]]
*[[Moming Glacier]]
*[[Cheilon Glacier]]
*[[Rossbode Glacier]]

==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
|}

== Nature conservation ==
Some regional [[nature park]]s, like the ''Parco Naturale Alta Valsesia''  (6,511 [[hectares|ha]] - [[Piedmont]], IT),<ref>Parco Naturale Alta Valsesia site on  [http://www.parks.it/parco.alta.valsesia/ www.parks.it] (accessed in April 2012)</ref> the ''Riserva Naturale Mont Mars'' (390 [[hectares|ha]] - [[Aosta Valley]], IT) <ref>Parco del Mont Avic park site on [http://www.parks.it/riserva.mont.mars/  www.parks.it] (accessed in April 2012)</ref> and the ''Regional park of Binn valley'' (15,891 [[hectares|ha]] - [[Valais]], CH),<ref>''Ein regionaler Naturpark'', park site on [http://www.landschaftspark-binntal.ch/ www.landschaftspark-binntal.ch] (accessed in April 2012)</ref> have been established on both sides of the main [[water divide]].

==See also==
* [[Alpi Cusiane]]
* [[Biellese Alps]]
* [[Swiss Alps]]

==Maps==
* Swiss official cartography (''[[Swiss Federal Office of Topography]]'' - Swisstopo); on-line version:  [http://map.geo.admin.ch/ map.geo.admin.ch]
* Italian official cartography (''[[Istituto Geografico Militare]]'' - IGM); on-line version: [http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer/ www.pcn.minambiente.it]

==References==
{{reflist}}{{Western Alps}}{{SOIUSA sections of the Alps}}{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Pennine Alps| ]]
[[Category:Mountain ranges of the Alps]]
[[Category:Mountain ranges of Piedmont]]
[[Category:Mountains of Valais]]
[[Category:Mountains of Aosta Valley]]
[[Category:Mountains of Switzerland]]
[[Category:Western Alps]]