Mont Ruan, Upper Savoy — Elevation, map and nearby sights

About Mont Ruan

Mont Ruan is a mountain. Location: Upper Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Elevation: 3,057 m.

From Wikipedia

Mont Ruan (or Grand Mont Ruan) is a mountain in the Chablais Alps, overlooking the lake of Emosson in the Swiss canton of Valais. At 3,057 metres (10,030 feet) above sea level, its main summit is located 200 metres (660 feet) away from the French border, where lies a slightly lower summit at 3,044 metres (9,987 feet). Mont Ruan is the westernmost mountain rising above 3,000 metres (9,800 feet). in Switzerland.

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At a glance

Topographic prominence: 227 m

Source: Wikidata

Photos of Mont Ruan

Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France · CC BY 2.0
Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France · CC BY 2.0
Tour Sallière Champer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pointe de l'Ifala Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0
La Veudale Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0

Climate of Mont Ruan

This month · November

A wet month

Day -5° · Night -11° · Rain 172 mm

Hottest month: August (day 8°)
Coldest month: January (night -15°)
Wettest month: December (174 mm)
Driest month: September (110 mm)

-9° -15°

-7° -14°

-5° -11°

0° -7°

4° -4°

7° -1°

8° 0°

5° -3°

0° -6°

-5° -11°

-8° -13°

Jan

160

Feb

160

Mar

143

Apr

138

May

140

Jun

129

Jul

111

Aug

116

Sep

110

Oct

145

Nov

172

Dec

174

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table

Climate of Mont Ruan
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	-9°	-9°	-7°	-5°	0°	4°	7°	8°	5°	0°	-5°	-8°
Average low (°C)	-15°	-15°	-14°	-11°	-7°	-4°	-1°	0°	-3°	-6°	-11°	-13°
Precipitation (mm)	160	160	143	138	140	129	111	116	110	145	172	174

How to get to Mont Ruan

The nearest airport is Geneva International Airport (GVA), 63 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lausanne, 48 km to the northwest.

Airports

Geneva International Airport (GVA) Geneva 63 kmwest
Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 66 kmwest
Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 96 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

Lausanne Population: 139.1K 48 kmnorthwest
Geneva Population: 201.7K 59 kmwest
Bern Population: 121.6K 101 kmnortheast
Grenoble Population: 158.6K 140 kmsouthwest
Besançon Population: 128.4K 142 kmnorthwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Mont Ruan

Within 100 km: 138 historic and cultural sites, 3,838 natural sites, 506 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km578 places

Lac de Fully Lake 16 kmNE
Lac d'Émosson Lake 4 kmS
Lac Sup. de Fully Lake 16 kmE
Lac d'Orny Lake 19 kmSE

25–60 km1,536 places

Ile de Salagnon Island 35 kmN
Lake Leman Lake 48 kmNW
Lac de Derborence Lake 30 kmNE
Arnensee Lake 38 kmNE

60–100 km2,368 places

Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 93 kmNE
Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 93 kmNE
Strandbad Leissigen Beach 89 kmNE
Ile d'Ogoz Island 66 kmN

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Evionnaz Municipality, Saint-Maurice District
4.4 km NE
Salvan Municipality, Saint-Maurice District
4.7 km E
Champéry Municipality, Monthey District
5.8 km NW
Finhaut Municipality, Saint-Maurice District
6.5 km S
Champéry Village, Champéry
6.3 km NW
Val-d'Illiez Municipality, Monthey District
8.8 km N

Mont Ruan

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Glacier des Fonds Natural site, Salvan
0.5 km SE
Tour Sallière Mountain, Salvan
1.7 km E
Glacier du Mont Ruan Natural site, Evionnaz
0.7 km NE
Petit Ruan Mountain, Evionnaz
0.9 km W
Glacier du Mont Ruan Natural site, Evionnaz
1.2 km NW
Grande Pente Natural site, Evionnaz
1.3 km NE
Tête des Chaux Derrière Mountain, Salvan
1.6 km SE
Glacier des Ottans Natural site, Evionnaz
1.6 km W