Pointe des Ecandies
Located in Orsières, Entremont District Coordinates: 46°00′55″ N 7°02′22″ E
- Elevation
- 2,873 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- NCY Annecy Meythet airport74 km
- GVA Geneva International Airport76 km
About Pointe des Ecandies
Pointe des Ecandies is a mountain. Location: Orsières, Entremont District. Elevation: 2,873 m. The nearest airport is Annecy Meythet airport (74 km). Nearby sights include Someceon du Dru and Le Génépi.
Photos of Pointe des Ecandies
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Aiguille du Chardonnet O.Taris · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Aiguille du Passon Tiia Monto · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Bec de Lachat Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0 -
L'Aiguillettes des Possettes Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France · CC BY 2.0
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Climate of Pointe des Ecandies
This month · November
A wet month
Day -5° · Night -12° · Rain 120 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 10°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -15°)
- 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).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | -9° | -8° | -5° | -2° | 3° | 7° | 10° | 10° | 6° | 1° | -5° | -8° |
| Average low (°C) | -15° | -15° | -13° | -10° | -6° | -3° | 0° | 0° | -3° | -7° | -12° | -14° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 112 | 116 | 94 | 90 | 99 | 106 | 90 | 93 | 84 | 107 | 120 | 124 |
How to get to Pointe des Ecandies
The nearest airport is Annecy Meythet airport (NCY), 74 km to the west as the crow flies. For international flights: Geneva International Airport (GVA) (76 km). The nearest large city is Lausanne, 64 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 74 kmwest
- Geneva International Airport (GVA) Geneva 76 kmwest
- Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 99 kmsouthwest
Nearby large cities
- Lausanne Population: 139.1K 64 kmnorthwest
- Geneva Population: 201.7K 72 kmwest
- Bern Population: 121.6K 108 kmnorth
- Grenoble Population: 158.6K 139 kmsouthwest
- Besançon Population: 128.4K 158 kmnorthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Pointe des Ecandies
Within 100 km: 132 historic and cultural sites, 3,932 natural sites, 491 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km698 places
- Lac de Fully Lake 19 kmN
- Lac d'Émosson Lake 13 kmNW
- Lac Sup. de Fully Lake 19 kmN
- Lac d'Orny Lake 3 kmSE
25–60 km1,529 places
- Ile de Salagnon Island 49 kmN
- Lac de Derborence Lake 32 kmNE
- Arnensee Lake 44 kmN
- Lauenensee Lake 48 kmNE
60–100 km2,328 places
- Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 95 kmNE
- Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 95 kmNE
- Strandbad Leissigen Beach 91 kmNE
- Ile d'Ogoz Island 76 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Trient Municipality, Martigny District3.6 km NW
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Martigny-Combe Municipality, Martigny District6.1 km N
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Bovernier Municipality, Martigny District6.4 km NE
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Orsières Village, Orsières8.3 km E
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Martigny-Combe Village, Martigny-Combe7.1 km N
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Trient Village, Trient5.9 km NW
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Someceon du Dru Mountain, Trient0.8 km N
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Le Génépi Mountain, Orsières1.1 km N
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Glacier d'Arpette Natural site, Orsières1.1 km SE
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Arête de la Lys Mountain, Trient1.4 km N
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Glacier du Trient Natural site, Trient1.3 km SW
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Six Carro Mountain, Orsières1.5 km NE
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Pointe d'Orny Mountain, Trient1.5 km S
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Aiguille d'Orny Mountain, Orsières1.8 km SE
Sources & licences
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