Tête Blanche

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Tête Blanche
View from the summit over the Matterhorn (left) and Dent d'Hérens (right)
Elevation	3,710 m (12,172 ft)
Prominence	153 m (502 ft)^[1]
Parent peak	Dent d'Hérens
Location
Tête Blanche Location in the Alps
Location	Valais, Switzerland Aosta Valley, Italy
Range	Pennine Alps
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

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).

v t e Valley of Zermatt

Settlements	Zermatt (Findeln, Riffelalp, Zmutt, Zum See) Täsch Randa St. Niklaus Embd Grächen Stalden Törbel

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

Glaciers	Zmutt Gorner Findeln Ried

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