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The Pointe de la Plaine Morte () 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 ...
of the
Bernese Alps , topo_map= Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo , photo=BerneseAlps.jpg , photo_caption=The Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau , country= Switzerland , subdivision1_type=Cantons , subdivision1= , parent= Western Alps , borders_on= , l ...
, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of
Bern german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese , neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen , website ...
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 ...
. It overlooks the large and flat glacier named ''
Plaine Morte Glacier (its largest tongue: german: Rezligletscher) , photo = Plaine Morte.jpg , photo_caption = Wildstrubel and glacier , type = horizontal ice field , location = Lenk, BE (Crans-Montana, VS), Switzerland , coords = , are ...
'', from the south-west side. The Pointe de la Plaine Morte is part of the
Crans-Montana Crans-Montana is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Chermignon, Mollens, Montana and Randogne merged to form the new municipality of Crans-Montana. Cr ...
ski area and can be easily accessed by a cable car via Les Violettes. The upper terminus is located east of the summit at a height of . Only a short walk is necessary to reach the summit. On the summit, there is a radar installation that has been operated by
MeteoSwiss MeteoSwiss (german: MeteoSchweiz, french: MétéoSuisse, it, MeteoSvizzera), officially the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, is an office of the federal administration of Switzerland. It employs 290 people at locations in Zurich ...
since 2014.Le site valaisan est déjà trouvé : la Pointe de la Plaine Morte, à 2'900 mètres
meteosuisse.admin.ch. Retrieved on 9 February 2014


Gallery

File:Pointe de la Plaine Morte weather radar.jpg, MeteoSwiss weather radar. File:Grandes Jorasses and Mont Blanc (15422383357).jpg, View of the Pointe with
Mont Blanc Mont Blanc (french: Mont Blanc ; it, Monte Bianco , both meaning "white mountain") is the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe, rising above sea level. It is the second-most prominent mountain in Europe, after Mount Elbrus, and i ...
and
Grandes Jorasses The Grandes Jorasses (4,208 m; 13,806 ft) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif, on the boundary between Haute-Savoie in France and Aosta Valley in Italy. The first ascent of the highest peak of the mountain (''Pointe Walker'') was by Hor ...
in the background.


See also

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List of mountains of Switzerland accessible by public transport This is a list of mountains of Switzerland above 800 metres whose summits are accessible by public transport. This list includes mountains with a topographic prominence of at least 30 metres that have a station above the height of their key col a ...


References


External links


Pointe de la Plaine Morte on Hikr
Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Valais Mountains of the canton of Bern Bern–Valais border Mountains of Switzerland Two-thousanders of Switzerland {{Valais-mountain-stub