Le Grand Ventron, Mountain summit in Vosges, France

Le Grand Ventron is a mountain peak in the Vosges that rises to 1,204 meters (3,950 feet) and sits on the border between Lorraine and Alsace. A ridge connects several mountain passes and runs past a small inn and a shelter operated by the French Alpine Club.

The name comes from German words meaning winter and meadow, and was spelled differently in old documents such as Winterau or Winteraw centuries ago. This naming reflects the German-speaking heritage of the region that shaped the mountain's identity for centuries.

The name Grand Ventron derives from the Alemannic Winterau, meaning "winter meadow," later francized; the pronunciation is "Vèn-tron." The summit's orientation table points out the Matterhorn 227 km away as the crow flies. The ridge was the Franco-German border until Alsace returned to France in 1920, and old boundary stones still mark the Vosges–Haut-Rhin departmental line.

The climb is long and passes mostly through forest, and snow can linger on the route into June. The summit holds an orientation table, while a Club Alpin Français shelter and an inn at La Chaume du Grand Ventron stand nearby. The mountain is reached by small roads from Ventron and Cornimont.

Old boundary stones still stand at the summit, placed here when the ridge was an actual international border separating two countries. These markers tell the story of a time when this mountain was a line dividing nations rather than just a hiking destination.