Tête Blanche

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	153 m (502 ft) ^[1]
Parent peak	Dent d'Hérens
Coordinates	45°59′14.7″N 7°34′29.5″E / 45.987417°N 7.574861°E / 45.987417; 7.574861Coordinates: 45°59′14.7″N 7°34′29.5″E / 45.987417°N 7.574861°E / 45.987417; 7.574861
Geography
Tête Blanche Location in the Alps
Location	Valais, Switzerland Aosta Valley, Italy
Parent range	Pennine Alps

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).

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

↑ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Col de Valpelline (3,557 m).

Matter Valley

Settlements	Zermatt (Ried, Findeln, Riffelalp, Zum See, Zmutt) Täsch Randa St. Niklaus Herbriggen Mattsand Gasenried Grächen Embd Törbel

Mountains	Barrhorn Brunegghorn Bishorn Weisshorn Zinalrothorn Ober Gabelhorn Dent Blanche Tête Blanche Tête de Valpelline Dent d'Hérens Matterhorn Breithorn Pollux Castor Liskamm Monte Rosa Strahlhorn Rimpfischhorn Allalinhorn Alphubel Täschhorn Dom Lenzspitze Nadelhorn Balfrin

Glaciers	Matterhorn Glacier Zmutt Glacier Schonbielgletscher Stockjigletscher Tiefmatten Glacier Furgg Glacier Gorner Glacier Theodul Glacier Triftjigletscher Breithorngletscher Schwärzegletscher Grenzgletscher Zwillingsgletscher Monte Rosa Glacier Findel Glacier Mellichgletscher Hohlichtgletscher Bisgletscher Ried Glacier

Tourism	Gornergrat Klein Matterhorn Unterrothorn Trockener Steg Schwarzsee

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