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

About Pointe des Rosses

Pointe des Rosses is a mountain. Location: Salvan, Saint-Maurice District. Elevation: 2,965 m. The nearest airport is Geneva International Airport (62 km). Nearby sights include Tête des Rosses and Pic de Tenneverge.

Climate of Pointe des Rosses

This month · November

A wet month

Day -5° · Night -10° · Rain 172 mm

Hottest month: August (day 9°)
Coldest month: January (night -14°)
Wettest month: December (174 mm)
Driest month: September (110 mm)

-8° -14°

-7° -13°

-5° -11°

1° -6°

5° -3°

8° 0°

9° 1°

5° -2°

1° -5°

-5° -10°

-7° -13°

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).

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Climate of Pointe des Rosses
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	-8°	-8°	-7°	-5°	1°	5°	8°	9°	5°	1°	-5°	-7°
Average low (°C)	-14°	-14°	-13°	-11°	-6°	-3°	0°	1°	-2°	-5°	-10°	-13°
Precipitation (mm)	160	160	143	138	140	129	111	116	110	145	172	174

How to get to Pointe des Rosses

The nearest airport is Geneva International Airport (GVA), 62 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 62 kmwest
Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 64 kmwest
Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 93 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

Lausanne Population: 139.1K 50 kmnorthwest
Geneva Population: 201.7K 58 kmwest
Bern Population: 121.6K 104 kmnortheast
Grenoble Population: 158.6K 137 kmsouthwest
Besançon Population: 128.4K 144 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Pointe des Rosses

Within 100 km: 140 historic and cultural sites, 3,795 natural sites, 499 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 18 kmSE

25–60 km1,503 places

Ile de Salagnon Island 38 kmN
Lake Leman Lake 50 kmNW
Lac de Derborence Lake 33 kmNE
Arnensee Lake 41 kmNE

60–100 km2,376 places

Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 96 kmNE
Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 96 kmNE
Strandbad Leissigen Beach 92 kmNE
Ile d'Ogoz Island 69 kmN

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Finhaut Municipality, Saint-Maurice District
4.7 km SE
Barberine Village, Salvan
2.8 km E
Evionnaz Municipality, Saint-Maurice District
7.4 km NE
Champéry Municipality, Monthey District
7.5 km NW
Emosson Village, Finhaut
4.2 km SE
Finhaut Village, Finhaut
7.3 km E

Pointe des Rosses

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Tête des Rosses Mountain, Salvan
0.6 km NE
Pic de Tenneverge Mountain, Switzerland
0.7 km SW
Glacier des Rosses Natural site, Salvan
0.7 km NE
Vers l'Homme Mountain, Salvan
1.4 km SE
Tour de Prazon Mountain, Valais
1.4 km NE
Les Taureaux Mountain, Salvan
1.4 km S
Pointe de la Finive Mountain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
2.7 km S
Mont Ruan Mountain, Upper Savoy
3.3 km NE