Gries Pass

Gries Pass
Gries Pass in August 2021
Elevation2,469 m (8,100 ft)
LocationSwitzerland–Italy border
RangeLepontine Alps, Alps
Coordinates46°27′14″N 8°22′26″E / 46.45389°N 8.37389°E / 46.45389; 8.37389
Gries Pass is located in Alps
Gries Pass
Gries Pass
Location of Gries Pass

Gries Pass (Italian: Passo del Gries, German: Griespass, French: Col de Gries) is a 2,469-metre-high (8,100 ft) mountain pass between Valais, Switzerland, and Formazza, Italy. There is no road over the pass, from Nufenen Pass the paved road ends and a bridle path leads over to the Italian side. A high-pressure gas pipeline runs over the pass, coming from the North Sea to Italy.

Geography

The Gries Pass marks the border between Italy and Switzerland, near the Nufenen Pass. It connects Formazza with the canton of Valais or more broadly Goms with the Ossola Valley. It lies west of the Camosci point (3,044 m [9,987 ft]) and is flanked to the east by the Corno Gries.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Rizzi, Enrico (2015). History of the Formazza Valley (in Italian). Grossi Domodossola. pp. 159–170. ISBN 978-88-89751-44-2.


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