Glacier des Fonds, Salvan — Elevation, map and nearby sights

About Glacier des Fonds

Glacier des Fonds is a natural site. Location: Salvan, Saint-Maurice District. The nearest airport is Geneva International Airport (63 km). Nearby sights include Mont Ruan and Tour Sallière.

Photos of Glacier des Fonds

Tour Sallière Champer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Le Grand-Perron Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mont Ruan Svp59 · Public domain
Pointe de l'Ifala Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0
La Veudale Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0

Climate of Glacier des Fonds

This month · November

A wet month

Day -2° · Night -8° · Rain 172 mm

Hottest month: August (day 11°)
Coldest month: January (night -12°)
Wettest month: December (174 mm)
Driest month: September (110 mm)

-6° -12°

-4° -10°

-2° -8°

3° -4°

7° 0°

11° 2°

11° 3°

8° 1°

3° -3°

-2° -8°

-5° -10°

Jan

160

Feb

160

Mar

143

Apr

138

May

140

Jun

129

Jul

111

Aug

116

Sep

110

Oct

145

Nov

172

Dec

174

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

Climate of Glacier des Fonds
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	-6°	-6°	-4°	-2°	3°	7°	11°	11°	8°	3°	-2°	-5°
Average low (°C)	-12°	-12°	-10°	-8°	-4°	0°	2°	3°	1°	-3°	-8°	-10°
Precipitation (mm)	160	160	143	138	140	129	111	116	110	145	172	174

How to get to Glacier des Fonds

The nearest airport is Geneva International Airport (GVA), 63 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lausanne, 49 km to the northwest.

Airports

Geneva International Airport (GVA) Geneva 63 kmwest
Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 66 kmwest
Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 96 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

Lausanne Population: 139.1K 49 kmnorthwest
Geneva Population: 201.7K 59 kmwest
Bern Population: 121.6K 101 kmnortheast
Grenoble Population: 158.6K 140 kmsouthwest
Besançon Population: 128.4K 143 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Glacier des Fonds

Within 100 km: 137 historic and cultural sites, 3,838 natural sites, 506 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km576 places

Lac de Fully Lake 16 kmNE
Lac d'Émosson Lake 4 kmS
Lac Sup. de Fully Lake 16 kmNE
Lac d'Orny Lake 18 kmSE

25–60 km1,545 places

Ile de Salagnon Island 36 kmN
Lake Leman Lake 49 kmNW
Lac de Derborence Lake 30 kmNE
Arnensee Lake 38 kmNE

60–100 km2,360 places

Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 94 kmNE
Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 94 kmNE
Strandbad Leissigen Beach 89 kmNE
Ile d'Ogoz Island 66 kmN

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Evionnaz Municipality, Saint-Maurice District
4.5 km NE
Champéry Municipality, Monthey District
6.3 km NW
Barberine Village, Salvan
3.7 km S
Finhaut Municipality, Saint-Maurice District
6 km S
Champéry Village, Champéry
6.8 km NW
Finhaut Village, Finhaut
6.8 km SE

Glacier des Fonds

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Mont Ruan Mountain, Upper Savoy
0.5 km NW
Tour Sallière Mountain, Salvan
1.6 km NE
Glacier du Mont Ruan Natural site, Evionnaz
1 km N
Tête des Chaux Derrière Mountain, Salvan
1.1 km SE
Petit Ruan Mountain, Evionnaz
1.3 km NW
Tour de Prazon Mountain, Valais
1.6 km SW
Glaciers de la Tour Sallière Natural site, Salvan
1.5 km E
Grande Pente Natural site, Evionnaz
1.6 km N