Glacier du Grand Combin
Located in Val de Bagnes, Entremont District Coordinates: 45°57′00″ N 7°18′13″ E
- Elevation
- 3,565 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- TRN Turin Airport88 km
- NCY Annecy Meythet airport93 km
About Glacier du Grand Combin
Glacier du Grand Combin is a natural site. Location: Val de Bagnes, Entremont District. The nearest airport is Turin Airport (88 km). Nearby sights include Mulets de la Tsessette and Le Corridor.
Photos of Glacier du Grand Combin
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Mont Vélan Herzi Pinki · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Combin de Corbassière Ne9218 · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Mont Avril Olivier Bruchez from Lausanne, Switzerland · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Glacier du Grand Combin
This month · November
A wet month
Day -8° · Night -13° · Rain 141 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 5°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -17°)
- Wettest month
- November (141 mm)
- Driest month
- July (86 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) | -11° | -12° | -11° | -9° | -4° | 0° | 4° | 5° | 1° | -3° | -8° | -10° |
| Average low (°C) | -17° | -17° | -16° | -14° | -10° | -6° | -3° | -2° | -5° | -8° | -13° | -15° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 128 | 125 | 125 | 122 | 118 | 99 | 86 | 95 | 90 | 121 | 141 | 133 |
How to get to Glacier du Grand Combin
The nearest airport is Turin Airport (TRN), 88 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lausanne, 81 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 88 kmsouth
- Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 93 kmwest
- Geneva International Airport (GVA) Geneva 98 kmwest
Nearby large cities
- Lausanne Population: 139.1K 81 kmnorthwest
- Geneva Population: 201.7K 94 kmwest
- Bern Population: 121.6K 111 kmnorth
- Grenoble Population: 158.6K 151 kmsouthwest
- Besançon Population: 128.4K 175 kmnorthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Glacier du Grand Combin
Within 100 km: 106 historic and cultural sites, 4,221 natural sites, 488 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km604 places
- Lac d'Orny Lake 19 kmW
- Le Gouillé Vert Lake 22 kmN
- Lac de la Breye Lake 22 kmNW
- Lac de Tsofeiret Lake 6 kmE
25–60 km1,802 places
- Stausee Mattmark Lake 52 kmE
- Lac de Fully Lake 30 kmNW
- Lac de Derborence Lake 37 kmN
- Daubensee Lake 57 kmNE
60–100 km2,409 places
- Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 90 kmNE
- Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 90 kmNE
- Strandbad Leissigen Beach 86 kmNE
- Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 99 kmNE
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Bourg-Saint-Pierre Municipality, Entremont District7.8 km SW
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Bourg-Saint-Pierre Village, Bourg-Saint-Pierre7.4 km W
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Liddes Municipality, Entremont District9.5 km W
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Mauvoisin Village, Val de Bagnes6.6 km NE
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Liddes Village, Liddes10 km NW
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Vaud Village, Ollomont9.6 km S
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Mulets de la Tsessette Mountain, Val de Bagnes0.5 km NE
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Le Corridor Natural site, Val de Bagnes0.6 km SW
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Combin de la Tsessette Mountain, Val de Bagnes1 km SE
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Glacier de la Tsessette Natural site, Val de Bagnes0.9 km SE
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Aiguille du Croissant Mountain, Val de Bagnes1.1 km S
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Mur de la Côte Natural site, Val de Bagnes1 km S
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Plateau du Déjeuner Natural site, Val de Bagnes1.3 km W
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Grand Combin Mountain, Val de Bagnes1.4 km S
More nature in Switzerland
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Combin de Corbassière Mountain, Val de Bagnes3.5 km NW
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Combin de Valsorey Mountain, Val de Bagnes1.7 km SW
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Glacier de la Tsessette Natural site, Val de Bagnes1.4 km E
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Glacier du Croissant Natural site, Val de Bagnes1.6 km S
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Tour de Boussine Mountain, Val de Bagnes2.2 km SE
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Glacier de la Tsessette Natural site, Val de Bagnes1.8 km SE
Sources & licences
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