Col Collon (el. 3074 m.) is a high mountain pass across the central Pennine Alps , connecting Arolla in the Swiss canton of Valais to Bionaz in the Italian region of Aosta Valley .
4-566: The pass is located on the border at the southern tip of the Arolla Glacier , south of Mont Collon . This article on a location in Aosta Valley is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Valais location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Arolla Glacier The Arolla Glacier ( French : Glacier d'Arolla ) is a 4 km (2.5 mi) long glacier (2005) situated in
8-631: Is called "Bas Arolla glacier." It continues for about 1 kilometer to the north and the ice tongue stops at an altitude of 2160 meters (status 2007). The glacier emerges from the Borgne d'Arolla which then joins the Borgne Ferpècle then flows into the Val d'Herens before confluence with the Rhone plain. In the valley located east of Mount Collon is the "Haut Glacier d'Arolla," with a length of 4 km and
12-655: The Pennine Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland . In 1973 it had an area of 13.17 km (5.08 sq mi). The Glacier d'Arolla is in fact composed of two glaciers: the Glacier du Mont Collon and the Haut Glacier d'Arolla . The Glacier du Mont Collon has a length of almost 5 km and a width of about 1 km at the top. It covers an area of 7 km (2.7 sq mi). It begins on
16-491: The tips of Oren (3525 m) and flows north through a corridor bordered by the Little Mount Collon (3,556 m) and Bishop (3716 m) west, and Mont Collon in the east. It is connected to the west by the glacial Otemma Chermotane Pass (3050 m), a wide passage covered with ice. On the west side of Mount Collon, the glacier undergoes a vertical drop of 600 meters with a slope of 60%. The part that follows this steep descent
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