Col de la Forclaz (el. 1,527 m or 5,010 ft) is a mountain pass in the
Alps 
in the Canton of
Valais 
in Switzerland. It connects
Martigny 
at 471 m (1,545 ft) and Le Châtelard (
Finhaut 
). The road from Martigny to the Col has an average gradient of 6% but in parts is closer to 8%. After the Col, and Le Châtelard, the road leads to
Chamonix 
in France via
Vallorcine 
and the
Col des Montets 
.
The pass was little known in the 19th century.