Tête Blanche

Tête Blanche (lit. White Head, from French) is a mountain of the Pennine Alps on the Swiss-Italian border. Its summit (3,710 metres) is the tripoint between the valleys of Hérens, Mattertal (both in Valais) and Valpelline (in the Aosta Valley), thus forming the linguistic tri-point between French (Val d'Hérens and Aosta Valley), German (Mattertal), and Italian (bilingual Aosta Valley) -speaking areas.

Tête Blanche
View from the summit over the Matterhorn (left) and Dent d'Hérens (right)
Highest point
Elevation	3,710 m (12,170 ft)
Prominence	159 m (522 ft)[1]
Parent peak	Dent d'Hérens
Coordinates	45°59′14.7″N 7°34′29.5″E
Geography
Tête Blanche Location in the Alps
Location	Valais, Switzerland Aosta Valley, Italy
Parent range	Pennine Alps

Tête Blanche is generally the high point of the Haute route between Chamonix and Zermatt and the annually race Patrouille des Glaciers. Tête Blanche lies within a few kilometres of the Matterhorn and Dent d'Hérens on the east.

References

1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Col de Valpelline (3,551 m).

External links

• Tête Blanche on Hikr