The Binn Valley ( German: ''Binntal'') is a valley of the Alps, located on the north side of the Lepontine Alps in the Swiss canton of Valais. The valley is drained by the ''Binna'', a tributary of the Rhone, at Grengiols. The valley is named after Binn (1,400 m), the main settlement. Other villages or localities are Ausserbinn (1,291 m), Heiligkreuz (1,458 m) and Fäld (1,547 m). The mountains in the Binntal generally exceed 3,000 metres. The highest are the

Helsenhorn The Helsenhorn is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, overlooking Binn in the Swiss canton of Valais. With a height of 3,272 metres above sea level, it is the highest summit of the Binntal. The border with Italy runs approximately 200 metres ...

, the

Turbhorn The Turbhorn is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, located in the canton of Valais south of the Blinnenhorn. The border with Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern ...

and the

Ofenhorn The Ofenhorn (also known as ''Punta d'Arbola'') is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps on the Swiss-Italian border. It is located between the valleys of Binn and Formazza Formazza ( wae, Pumât, pms, Formassa) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in th ...

. On the upper east side of the valley, the

Albrun Pass The Albrun Pass (German: ''Albrunpass'', Italian: ''Passo d'Arbola'' or ''Bocchetta d'Arbola'') is an Alpine pass connecting Switzerland and Italy. It connects Binn in the Binntal on its northern side to Baceno on its southern side. The Albrun Pas ...

connects it with the Italian Valle Devero.

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