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Gries Pass

Coordinates: 46°27′14″N 8°22′26″E / 46.45389°N 8.37389°E / 46.45389; 8.37389
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Gries Pass
Gries Pass is located in Alps
Gries Pass
Gries Pass
Location of Gries Pass
Elevation2,469 m (8,100 ft)
LocationSwitzerlandItaly border
RangeLepontine Alps, Alps
Coordinates46°27′14″N 8°22′26″E / 46.45389°N 8.37389°E / 46.45389; 8.37389

Gries Pass (2469 m.) (Italian: Passo del Gries, German: Griespass) is a 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

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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 (3044 m) and is flanked to the east by the Corno Gries.[1]

See also

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References

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  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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