Glacier de l'Epicoune
Located in Val de Bagnes, Entremont District Coordinates: 45°54′55″ N 7°24′40″ E
- Elevation
- 3,034 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- TRN Turin Airport82 km
- NCY Annecy Meythet airport102 km
About Glacier de l'Epicoune
Glacier de l'Epicoune is a natural site. Location: Val de Bagnes, Entremont District. The nearest airport is Turin Airport (82 km). Nearby sights include Bec d'Epicoune and Pointe du Jardin des Chamois.
Photos of Glacier de l'Epicoune
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La Ruinette Carsten Steger · CC BY-SA 4.0 -
Mont Avril Olivier Bruchez from Lausanne, Switzerland · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Climate of Glacier de l'Epicoune
This month · November
A wet month
Day -4° · Night -9° · Rain 106 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 8°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -13°)
- Wettest month
- November (106 mm)
- Driest month
- July (68 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) | -8° | -8° | -7° | -5° | 0° | 3° | 7° | 8° | 5° | 1° | -4° | -6° |
| Average low (°C) | -13° | -13° | -13° | -11° | -6° | -3° | 1° | 2° | -1° | -4° | -9° | -12° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 96 | 94 | 98 | 95 | 93 | 77 | 68 | 77 | 72 | 94 | 106 | 97 |
How to get to Glacier de l'Epicoune
The nearest airport is Turin Airport (TRN), 82 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lausanne, 90 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 82 kmsouth
- Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 102 kmwest
- Geneva International Airport (GVA) Geneva 107 kmwest
Nearby large cities
- Lausanne Population: 139.1K 90 kmnorthwest
- Geneva Population: 201.7K 103 kmwest
- Bern Population: 121.6K 115 kmnorth
- Grenoble Population: 158.6K 156 kmsouthwest
- Besançon Population: 128.4K 183 kmnorthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Glacier de l'Epicoune
Within 100 km: 94 historic and cultural sites, 4,309 natural sites, 499 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km517 places
- Lac de Tsofeiret Lake 5 kmNW
- Grand Lé Lake 20 kmW
- Lac des Dix Lake 16 kmN
- Le Lac Bleu Lake 16 kmN
25–60 km1,866 places
- Stausee Mattmark Lake 45 kmE
- Lac de Fully Lake 38 kmNW
- Lac de Derborence Lake 43 kmN
- Daubensee Lake 58 kmN
60–100 km2,519 places
- Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 90 kmN
- Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 91 kmN
- Strandbad Leissigen Beach 87 kmN
- Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 99 kmNE
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Bec d'Epicoune Mountain, Switzerland0.9 km E
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Pointe du Jardin des Chamois Mountain, Val de Bagnes1.1 km NE
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Grand Epicoune Mountain, Val de Bagnes1.9 km E
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Glacier de l'Aouille Natural site, Val de Bagnes1.9 km NE
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Petite Aouille Mountain, Val de Bagnes2.5 km NE
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Pointe d'Ayace Mountain, Val de Bagnes2.6 km W
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Glacier de Crête Sèche Natural site, Val de Bagnes3 km W
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Pointe d'Otemma Mountain, Val de Bagnes3.3 km N
More nature in Switzerland
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La Ruinette Mountain, Val de Bagnes7.1 km N
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Pointe de la Grande Lire Mountain, Val de Bagnes3.6 km N
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Mont Durand Mountain, Val de Bagnes3.8 km NW
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Glacier de la Grande Lire Natural site, Val de Bagnes3.4 km N
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Glacier de Fenêtre Natural site, Val de Bagnes3.7 km W
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Pointe de la Petite Lire Mountain, Val de Bagnes4.3 km N
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