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Mountain

Pointe de Fornets

Located in Champéry, Monthey District Coordinates: 46°09′44″ N 6°47′34″ E

Map showing the location of Pointe de Fornets Pointe de Fornets
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,300 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Champéry
6.1 km E
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
GVA Geneva International Airport53 km
NCY Annecy Meythet airport60 km

About Pointe de Fornets

Pointe de Fornets is a mountain. Location: Champéry, Monthey District. Elevation: 2,300 m. The nearest airport is Geneva International Airport (53 km). Nearby sights include Sur les Luis and Pointe de la Léchère.

Climate of Pointe de Fornets

This month · November

A wet month

Day -1° · Night -7° · Rain 149 mm

Hottest month
August (day 13°)
Coldest month
January (night -11°)
Wettest month
December (155 mm)
Driest month
September (104 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 de Fornets
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-5°-4°-2°1°6°10°13°13°10°5°-1°-4°
Average low (°C)-11°-11°-9°-7°-2°1°3°4°1°-3°-7°-10°
Precipitation (mm)139142117115122124106107104128149155

How to get to Pointe de Fornets

The nearest airport is Geneva International Airport (GVA), 53 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lausanne, 41 km to the north.

Airports

  • Geneva International Airport (GVA) Geneva 53 kmwest
  • Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 60 kmsouthwest
  • Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 92 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 41 kmnorth
  • Geneva Population: 201.7K 50 kmwest
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 101 kmnortheast
  • Besançon Population: 128.4K 135 kmnorthwest
  • Grenoble Population: 158.6K 138 kmsouthwest

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

Day trips from Pointe de Fornets

Within 100 km: 142 historic and cultural sites, 3,600 natural sites, 495 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km502 places

  • Lac de Fully Lake 23 kmE
  • Lac d'Émosson Lake 12 kmSE
  • Lac Sup. de Fully Lake 23 kmE
  • Lac de la Breye Lake 24 kmSE

25–60 km1,445 places

  • Ile de Salagnon Island 32 kmN
  • Lake Leman Lake 40 kmNW
  • Lac de Derborence Lake 35 kmE
  • Arnensee Lake 41 kmNE

60–100 km2,290 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 97 kmNE
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 97 kmNE
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 93 kmNE
  • Ile d'Ogoz Island 64 kmN

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