Mont Brulé
Mont Brule can refer to: * Mont Brulé (Arolla) * Mont Brûlé (Val d'Entremont) Mont Brûlé is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, overlooking Orsières in the canton of Valais Valais ( , ; ), more formally, the Canton of Valais or Wallis, is one of the cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Sw ...

Mont Brulé (Arolla)
Mont Brulé (also known as ''Mont Brûlé'' or ''Mont Braoulé'') is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located on the Swiss- Italian border, east of the Col Collon. On its northern side it overlooks the upper Arolla Glacier. Toponym Though in French this name means "burnt mountain", this toponym comes from Valdôtain Francoprovençal patois. According to Aostan botanist and scientist Joseph-Marie Henry,''Eau, acqua, éve - entre littérature, science et histoire'', éd. Duc, Saint-Christophe, p. 96. the word ''Broillà'' means "made of ''breuils''", ''Breuil'' meaning alpine marshy berm, as for Breuil in Valtournenche Valtournenche (; Valdôtain: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy, above the sea level. It is named after and covers the upper side of the ''Valtournenche'', a valley on the left side of the Dora Baltea, .... References External links Mont Brulé on Hikr Mountains of the Alps Alpine three-thousanders Mountain ...
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