alpine pass
High mountain route
An alpine pass is a route through a mountain range, typically at a low point between peaks where crossing is feasible.
These passes have historically served as trade routes, migration corridors, and military pathways: Hannibal's army crossed an alpine pass with elephants.
The term often appears in contexts of hiking, cycling, and European geography.
- colSpreadsheet vertical section
- mountaineeringSport of climbing peaks
- steep climbSharply angled upward path
- trade routePath for commerce
- ridgeNarrow raised strip
hiking trail · Hannibal · pack mules · summit · glacier · high altitude · switchback · watershed · border crossing · saddle · divide · defile · notch · ski slope · cable car · moraine · valley · snowline
mountain crossing method
alpine passmountain tunnel
Passage through high terrain
tunnel · bore · rail tunnel · railway tunnel · road tunnel