Diablerets
Sign in to saveThe Diablerets (; lit. "the abode of devils") are a huge ice-covered mountain massif of the Alps, culminating at the Sommet des Diablerets (VS) at above sea level and almost straddling the border between the Swiss cantons of Vaud (VD) and Valais (VS). The northeastern part of the massif stretches also into the canton of Bern (BE).
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Diablerets
- Mountain.translation
- The Abode of Devils
- Mountain.topo_map
- Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
- Mountain.photo
- Diablerets 3210 m.jpg
- Mountain.photo_size
- 285
- Mountain.photo_caption
- The 2,000-metre-high north side of the Diablerets
- Mountain.highest
- Sommet des Diablerets
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 3216
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 975
- Mountain.isolation_km
- 14.3
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Finsteraarhorn
- Mountain.map
- Switzerland
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Switzerland
- Mountain.listing
- Canton high point,Alpine mountains above 3000 m
- Mountain.subdivision2_type
- Cantons
- Mountain.country
- Switzerland
- Mountain.parent
- Bernese Alps
- Mountain.mountain_type
- Limestone
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The Diablerets (; lit. "the abode of devils") are a huge ice-covered mountain massif of the Alps, culminating at the Sommet des Diablerets (VS) at above sea level and almost straddling the border between the Swiss cantons of Vaud (VD) and Valais (VS). The northeastern part of the massif stretches also into the canton of Bern (BE).
The Diablerets massif, which consists of several peaks, extends for about 10 kilometres near the western extremity of the Bernese Alps, between the two deep passes, the Cheville Pass () right below the main summit to the south, and the Sanetsch/Sénin Pass () to the east. The mountain is covered by two distinct glaciers, the largest being the Tsanfleuron Glacier and the highest being the Diablerets Glacier.