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Mountain

Tête des Pelottes

Located in Salvan, Saint-Maurice District Coordinates: 46°04′57″ N 6°54′16″ E

Map showing the location of Tête des Pelottes Tête des Pelottes
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
1,997 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Finhaut
2.6 km SE
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
GVA Geneva International Airport64 km
NCY Annecy Meythet airport65 km

About Tête des Pelottes

Tête des Pelottes is a mountain. Location: Salvan, Saint-Maurice District. Elevation: 1,997 m. The nearest airport is Geneva International Airport (64 km). Nearby sights include Pointe de la Finive and Glacier de la Fenive.

Climate of Tête des Pelottes

This month · November

A wet month

Day 2° · Night -4° · Rain 172 mm

Hottest month
August (day 15°)
Coldest month
January (night -8°)
Wettest month
December (174 mm)
Driest month
September (110 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 Tête des Pelottes
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-2°-2°0°2°7°11°14°15°11°7°2°-1°
Average low (°C)-8°-8°-7°-4°0°3°6°7°4°1°-4°-6°
Precipitation (mm)160160143138140129111116110145172174

How to get to Tête des Pelottes

The nearest airport is Geneva International Airport (GVA), 64 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lausanne, 53 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Geneva International Airport (GVA) Geneva 64 kmwest
  • Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 65 kmwest
  • Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 94 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 53 kmnorthwest
  • Geneva Population: 201.7K 60 kmwest
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 105 kmnortheast
  • Grenoble Population: 158.6K 137 kmsouthwest
  • Besançon Population: 128.4K 146 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Tête des Pelottes

Within 100 km: 139 historic and cultural sites, 3,822 natural sites, 495 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km570 places

  • Lac de Fully Lake 18 kmNE
  • Lac d'Émosson Lake 1 kmNE
  • Lac Sup. de Fully Lake 18 kmNE
  • Lac d'Orny Lake 15 kmSE

25–60 km1,506 places

  • Ile de Salagnon Island 40 kmN
  • Lake Leman Lake 52 kmNW
  • Lac de Derborence Lake 33 kmNE
  • Arnensee Lake 42 kmNE

60–100 km2,380 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 96 kmNE
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 96 kmNE
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 92 kmNE
  • Ile d'Ogoz Island 70 kmN

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Finhaut Municipality, Saint-Maurice District
    2.6 km SE
  • Barberine Village, Salvan
    1.4 km NE
  • Emosson Village, Finhaut
    2 km SE
  • Vallorcine Village, Arrondissement de Bonneville
    5.8 km S
  • Finhaut Village, Finhaut
    5.7 km E
  • Vallorcine Village, Vallorcine
    5.9 km S

Nearby attractions & nature

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