Le Grammont is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...

in the

Chablais Alps The Chablais Alps are a mountain range in the western Alps. They are situated between Lake Geneva and the Mont Blanc Massif. The Col des Montets separates them from the Mont Blanc Massif in the south, and the Rhône valley separates them from the ...

, near

Le Bouveret Le Bouveret () is a village in the commune of Port-Valais in the Swiss canton of Valais. Situated at the southernmost end of Lake Geneva and close to the French border, Le Bouveret is very much tourism-oriented with several amusement attractions ...

Valais Valais ( , , ; frp, Valês; german: Wallis ), more formally the Canton of Valais,; german: Kanton Wallis; in other official Swiss languages outside Valais: it, (Canton) Vallese ; rm, (Chantun) Vallais. is one of the cantons of Switzerland, 26 ...

. At 2,172 metres above sea level, it is one of the highest peaks overlooking

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. Various trails lead to the summit, mostly from the southern side. On the way to the summit, there is a mountain lake, the

Lac de Taney __NOTOC__ Lac de Taney (or ''Lac de Tanay'') is a lake in Valais, Switzerland. Its surface area is . Geography The lake can be reached from Vouvry via the locality of Miex and then crossing the Col de Tanay. To the northwest, the lake is domin ...

. The

Tauredunum event The Tauredunum event (german: Tauredunum-Ereignis) of 563 AD was a tsunami on Lake Geneva (then under the Frankish territory of the Kingdom of Orleans), triggered by a massive landslide which caused widespread devastation and loss of life along t ...

of AD 563 is thought to have occurred on the slopes of Le Grammont, named for a Roman-era fortress situated close to the point where the

Rhône The Rhône ( , ; wae, Rotten ; frp, Rôno ; oc, Ròse ) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Ar ...

flows into Lake Geneva. During the

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, there is a recorded incident of a Lancaster of the

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getting shot down by the Swiss anti-aircraft gunners and crashing into the mountain. The pilot of the aircraft was Horace Badge and all of the crew were lost.

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Le Grammont on Hikr
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grammont Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Valais Mountains of Switzerland Two-thousanders of Switzerland

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