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Mountain

Pointe des Chevrettes

Located in Orsières, Entremont District Coordinates: 46°03′01″ N 7°06′48″ E

Map showing the location of Pointe des Chevrettes Pointe des Chevrettes
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,568 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Orsières
3.4 km SE
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
NCY Annecy Meythet airport80 km
GVA Geneva International Airport80 km

About Pointe des Chevrettes

Pointe des Chevrettes is a mountain. Location: Orsières, Entremont District. Elevation: 2,568 m. The nearest airport is Annecy Meythet airport (80 km). Nearby sights include Le Catogne and Le Bonhomme.

Climate of Pointe des Chevrettes

This month · November

A wet month

Day -3° · Night -10° · Rain 120 mm

Hottest month
July (day 12°)
Coldest month
January (night -13°)
Wettest month
December (124 mm)
Driest month
September (84 mm)

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).

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Climate of Pointe des Chevrettes
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-7°-6°-3°0°5°9°12°12°8°3°-3°-6°
Average low (°C)-13°-13°-11°-8°-4°-1°2°2°-1°-5°-10°-12°
Precipitation (mm)112116949099106909384107120124

How to get to Pointe des Chevrettes

The nearest airport is Annecy Meythet airport (NCY), 80 km to the west as the crow flies. For international flights: Geneva International Airport (GVA) (80 km). The nearest large city is Lausanne, 64 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 80 kmwest
  • Geneva International Airport (GVA) Geneva 80 kmwest
  • Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 100 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 64 kmnorthwest
  • Geneva Population: 201.7K 77 kmwest
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 103 kmnorth
  • Grenoble Population: 158.6K 146 kmsouthwest
  • Besançon Population: 128.4K 157 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Pointe des Chevrettes

Within 100 km: 127 historic and cultural sites, 4,115 natural sites, 502 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km780 places

  • Lac de Fully Lake 14 kmN
  • Lac d'Émosson Lake 16 kmW
  • Lac Sup. de Fully Lake 14 kmN
  • Lac d'Orny Lake 6 kmSW

25–60 km1,626 places

  • Ile de Salagnon Island 47 kmN
  • Lac de Derborence Lake 27 kmN
  • Daubensee Lake 56 kmNE
  • Arnensee Lake 39 kmN

60–100 km2,338 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 88 kmNE
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 88 kmNE
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 84 kmNE
  • Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 99 kmNE

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