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

About Glacier des Rosses

Glacier des Rosses is a natural site. Location: Salvan, Saint-Maurice District. The nearest airport is Geneva International Airport (63 km). Nearby sights include Tête des Rosses and Pointe des Rosses.

Photos of Glacier des Rosses

Tour Sallière Champer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pointe Rousse Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France · CC BY 2.0
Le Grand-Perron Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mont Ruan Svp59 · Public domain
Pointe du Genevrier Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0

Climate of Glacier des Rosses

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° -11°

-2° -8°

3° -4°

7° -1°

10° 2°

11° 3°

7° 0°

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

How to get to Glacier des Rosses

The nearest airport is Geneva International Airport (GVA), 63 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lausanne, 50 km to the northwest.

Airports

Geneva International Airport (GVA) Geneva 63 kmwest
Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 64 kmwest
Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 94 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

Lausanne Population: 139.1K 50 kmnorthwest
Geneva Population: 201.7K 59 kmwest
Bern Population: 121.6K 103 kmnortheast
Grenoble Population: 158.6K 138 kmsouthwest
Besançon Population: 128.4K 144 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Glacier des Rosses

Within 100 km: 141 historic and cultural sites, 3,809 natural sites, 497 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km555 places

Lac de Fully Lake 18 kmNE
Lac d'Émosson Lake 2 kmSE
Lac Sup. de Fully Lake 18 kmNE
Lac d'Orny Lake 17 kmSE

25–60 km1,520 places

Ile de Salagnon Island 38 kmN
Lake Leman Lake 50 kmNW
Lac de Derborence Lake 32 kmNE
Arnensee Lake 41 kmNE

60–100 km2,372 places

Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 96 kmNE
Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 96 kmNE
Strandbad Leissigen Beach 91 kmNE
Ile d'Ogoz Island 68 kmN

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Barberine Village, Salvan
2.4 km SE
Finhaut Municipality, Saint-Maurice District
4.5 km SE
Evionnaz Municipality, Saint-Maurice District
6.8 km NE
Champéry Municipality, Monthey District
7.5 km NW
Finhaut Village, Finhaut
6.8 km E
Emosson Village, Finhaut
4.2 km SE

Glacier des Rosses

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Tête des Rosses Mountain, Salvan
0.3 km NW
Pointe des Rosses Mountain, Salvan
0.7 km SW
Tour de Prazon Mountain, Valais
0.9 km N
Pic de Tenneverge Mountain, Switzerland
1.4 km SW
Vers l'Homme Mountain, Salvan
1.5 km S
Mont Ruan Mountain, Upper Savoy
2.7 km N
Les Taureaux Mountain, Salvan
1.7 km S
Pointe de la Finive Mountain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
3 km S