Col de Balme, Mountain pass between Trient and Argentière, France and Switzerland.

Col de Balme is a mountain pass at roughly 2200 meters elevation that connects the Valais canton in Switzerland with the Haute-Savoie region in France through hiking trails. The site sits between Chamonix and Trient and serves as an important link between the two countries.

The pass marks the border between the canton of Valais and Haute-Savoie, linking Trient on the Swiss side with Argentière on the French side. It lies between the summits of Tête de Balme and Les Grandes Otanes. Today it is a stage on the Tour du Mont Blanc long-distance footpath, with a private refuge above the pass offering dormitories and meals.

The pass is a stage on the Tour du Mont Blanc long-distance footpath, which crosses here between the Chamonix valley and the Trient valley. A private refuge at the pass offers dormitories and meals, and a restaurant stands above the summit of the pass. Other paths link it to the Col des Posettes, the Charamillon alps and the Albert-Ier refuge on the Savoy side, and to the Herbagères alp, the village of Trient, the Bisse du Trient and Le Châtelard in Valais.

The pass is reached from Le Tour, in the Chamonix-Mont-Blanc commune, by the Charamillon gondola then the Autannes chairlift, which stops below the pass itself. Trails also link it to the Col des Posettes, the Charamillon alpages, the Albert-Ier refuge, and on the Valais side to the Herbagères alpage, Trient, the Bisse du Trient and Le Châtelard. A private refuge at the pass has dormitories and food service.

The pass sits between two named summits, Tête de Balme and Les Grandes Otanes, and a private refuge stands at the top, offering dormitories and meals. The chairlift from Le Tour, the Télésiège des Autannes, stops short of the pass itself, so the last stretch is on foot.