The Grand Muveran is a
mountain
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of the
Bernese Alps
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, located on the border between the cantons of
Vaud
Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms b ...
and
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 3,051 metres, it is the highest summit of the group lying between the
Rhone knee and the
Pas de Cheville
The Pas de Cheville (2038 m) (also the ''Col de Cheville'') is a high mountain pass across the western Bernese Alps, connecting Gryon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland and Derborence in the canton of Valais.
The pass lies between Les Diabler ...
and the westernmost
three-thousander
Three-thousanders are mountains with a height of between , but less than above sea level. Similar terms are commonly used for mountains of other height brackets e. g. four-thousanders or eight-thousanders. In Britain, the term may refer to ...
of the Bernese Alps. The closest localities are Les Plans-sur-Bex (municipality of
Bex
Bex (; german: Beis; frp, Bés) is a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle. It is a few kilometers south of its sister town municipality of Aigle.
History
Bex is first mentioned in 574 as ''in Bacci ...
, Vaud) and
Ovronnaz
Ovronnaz is a village located in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It lies in the municipality of Leytron, close to Martigny.
The village is located on the south side of the Bernese Alps, on a terrace above the Rhone river, at an altitude of ...
(Valais). It is accompanied by the smaller peak of
Petit Muveran
The Petit Muveran is a mountain in the Bernese Alps, overlooking Ovronnaz in Valais. The summit is located on the border between Vaud and Valais. As its name suggests, it is situated near the higher Grand Muveran
The Grand Muveran is a mounta ...
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Overlooking the
Rhone valley from a height of about 2,600 metres, the Grand Muveran is the high point of a group (referred to as the ''Muverans'') composed of several summits approaching 3,000 metres, including to the southwest the
Dent de Morcles
The Dent de Morcles is a 2,969 metres high mountain located at western end of the Bernese Alps, overlooking the Rhone between Martigny and St. Maurice. It is the westernmost summit of the Muverans massif, which in turn is the westernmost of t ...
and the
Dent Favre
The Dent Favre is a mountain in the Bernese Alps, located between the Dent de Morcles and the Grand Muveran. Its summit straddles the border between the Swiss cantons of Vaud and Valais
Valais ( , , ; frp, Valês; german: Wallis ), more for ...
, and to the northeast the
Tête à Pierre Grept
The Tête à Pierre Grept is a mountain in the Bernese Alps, located between the cantons of Vaud and Valais. It is situated in the region between the Grand Muveran and Pas de Cheville
The Pas de Cheville (2038 m) (also the ''Col de Cheville'' ...
and the
Haut de Cry
The Haut de Cry is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking the Rhône Valley in the canton of Valais. It is composed of several summits, of which the highest has an elevation of 2,969 metres above sea level. The entire mountain lies within t ...
. The Muverans are the second highest massif of the canton of Vaud, after the
Diablerets
The Diablerets (french: Les Diablerets; lit. "the abode of devils") are a huge ice-covered mountain massif of the Alps, culminating at the Sommet des Diablerets (VD, VS) at above sea level and straddling the border between the Swiss cantons of ...
, and one of the four distinct and glaciated massifs of the Bernese Alps that lie between the Rhone elbow and the
Gemmi
Gemmi Pass is a high mountain pass across the Bernese Alps connecting Leukerbad (on the south) in the canton of Valais with Kandersteg (on the north) in the canton of Bern. The pass itself lies within the canton of Valais, at a height of above se ...
Pass.
The normal route to the summit starts from the Rambert Hut (2,582 m), above Ovronnaz.
See also
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Villars-sur-Ollon
Villars-sur-Ollon, commonly referred to as Villars, is a village in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, part of the municipality of Ollon.
Description
Geography and skiing network
Villars overlooks the Rhône valley from an altitude of . Th ...
References
External links
Grand Muveran on Summitpost
Bernese Alps
Mountains of the Alps
Alpine three-thousanders
Mountains of Switzerland
Mountains of Valais
Mountains of the canton of Vaud
Valais–Vaud border
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