Sanetsch Pass (French: ''Col du Sanetsch'' or ''Col de Sénin'') (el. 2242 m) is a high

mountain pass A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since many of the world's mountain ranges have presented formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human a ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

across the western

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, connecting Gsteig in the canton of

Berne 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

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in the canton of

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 ...

. Although a road leads to the pass from Sion and goes further to the

Lac de Sanetsch __NOTOC__ Lac de Sanetsch (also ''Lac de Sénin'', German: ''Sanetsch See'') is a reservoir below Sanetsch Pass in Valais, Switzerland. Its surface area is . The Sanetsch dam was built in 1965. The gravity dam A gravity dam is a dam constru ...

, it can not be completely traversed by car. In the summer season the pass is accessible by

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and can also be traversed by cable car. The highest point of the road is at 2,252 metres. The pass itself is located in Valais 4 km south of the border with Berne. It separates the massif of 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 ...

on the west from the massif of the

Wildhorn The Wildhorn is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. At above sea level, it is the highest summit of the Bernese Alps west of the Gemmi Pass. It forms a large glaciated massif, about 10&nbs ...

on the east. The

Sanetschhorn , french: Mont Brun , topo_map= Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo , native_name= , photo= Sanetschhorn.jpg , photo_caption= The Gstellihorn (left) and the Sanetschhorn (right) from above Les Diablerets , elevation_m= 2924 , eleva ...

and the

Arpelistock The Arpelistock is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Canton of Bern, Bern and Valais. It belongs to the massif of the Wildhorn and lies approximately halfway between the Sanetsch Pass and the sum ...

overlook the pass on the west and east side respectively. The Col du Sanetsch is a popular destination because of the view over the

Pennine Alps The Pennine Alps (german: Walliser Alpen, french: Alpes valaisannes, it, Alpi Pennine, la, Alpes Poeninae), also known as the Valais Alps, are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. They are located in Switzerland (Valais) and Italy ( ...

and the nearby

Tsanfleuron Glacier The Tsanfleuron Glacier (french: Glacier de Tsanfleuron, german: Tsanfleurongletscher) is a long glacier (2005) situated in the western Bernese Alps in the cantons of Valais and Vaud in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of . It culminates at the ...

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Profile on climbbybike.comCycling: Map, elevation chart, route description and photosList of Alpine passes in switzerland
Mountain passes of Valais Mountain passes of the Alps {{Valais-geo-stub

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