Mont-Fallère
# Mont-Fallère

The Mont-Fallère or Mont Fallère (sometimes wrongly spelled in Italian as Fallere) is a 3,061.5 metres high mountain belonging to the Italian side of Pennine Alps.

## Geography

The Mont-Fallère is located on the ridge dividing the Great St Bernard Valley (North and East) from the Valdigne, a term and used to define the upper part of the Aosta Valley. Administratively the mountain is the tripoint connecting the Italian comunes of Sarre, Gignod and Saint-Pierre.

### SOIUSA classification

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:

* main part = Western Alps
* major sector = North Western Alps
* section = Pennine Alps
* subsection = Grand Combin Alps
* supergroup = Catena Grande Rochère-Grand Golliaz
* group = Grande Rochère-Monte Fallère
* subgroup = Gruppo del Monte Fallère
* code = I/B-9.I-A.2.b

## Access to the summit

The mountain can be accessed by signposted routes or from Thouraz (1.652 m), a village in the comune of Sarre, or from Vétan (Saint-Pierre). Both of them require some hiking experience. The top of Mont-Fallère offers a good point of view on Mont Blanc, Grand Combin, Grivola and many other peaks of the Graian and Pennine Alps.

### Mountain huts

* Refuge du Mont-Fallère (2,385 m).

## Maps

* Military Geographic Institute (IGM) official maps of Italy, 1:25.000 and 1:100.000 scale, on-line version
* Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi scala 1:50.000 n. 5 Cervino e Monte Rosa, Istituto Geografico Centrale - Torino
