Pointe Fornet
Located in Vérossaz, Saint-Maurice District Coordinates: 46°10′55″ N 6°58′09″ E
- Elevation
- 2,213 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- GVA Geneva International Airport67 km
- NCY Annecy Meythet airport73 km
About Pointe Fornet
Pointe Fornet is a mountain. Location: Vérossaz, Saint-Maurice District. Elevation: 2,213 m. The nearest airport is Geneva International Airport (67 km). Nearby sights include Jorniva and L'Aiguille.
Photos of Pointe Fornet
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Tour Sallière Champer · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Gorges du Trient André Corboz · CC BY-SA 4.0
Climate of Pointe Fornet
This month · November
A wet month
Day -1° · Night -8° · Rain 123 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 14°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -12°)
- Wettest month
- December (126 mm)
- Driest month
- March (96 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).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | -5° | -4° | -1° | 2° | 7° | 11° | 14° | 14° | 10° | 5° | -1° | -4° |
| Average low (°C) | -12° | -11° | -9° | -6° | -2° | 1° | 4° | 4° | 1° | -3° | -8° | -10° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 112 | 116 | 96 | 97 | 108 | 124 | 106 | 106 | 97 | 111 | 123 | 126 |
How to get to Pointe Fornet
The nearest airport is Geneva International Airport (GVA), 67 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lausanne, 45 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Geneva International Airport (GVA) Geneva 67 kmwest
- Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 73 kmwest
- Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 91 kmnortheast
Nearby large cities
- Lausanne Population: 139.1K 45 kmnorthwest
- Geneva Population: 201.7K 64 kmwest
- Bern Population: 121.6K 93 kmnortheast
- Besançon Population: 128.4K 139 kmnorthwest
- Grenoble Population: 158.6K 148 kmsouthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Pointe Fornet
Within 100 km: 145 historic and cultural sites, 4,000 natural sites, 517 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km633 places
- Lac de Fully Lake 10 kmE
- Lac de Derborence Lake 22 kmNE
- Lac d'Émosson Lake 12 kmSW
- Lac Sup. de Fully Lake 10 kmE
25–60 km1,650 places
- Ile de Salagnon Island 29 kmN
- Ile d'Ogoz Island 58 kmN
- Schwarzsee Lake 59 kmNE
- Lac de la Gruyère Lake 54 kmN
60–100 km2,379 places
- Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 94 kmN
- Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 85 kmNE
- Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 85 kmNE
- Strandbad Leissigen Beach 81 kmNE
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Mex Village, Evionnaz2.4 km E
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Saint-Maurice Municipality, Saint-Maurice District3.7 km NE
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Evionnaz Municipality, Saint-Maurice District4.1 km SW
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Evionnaz Village, Trient4.1 km E
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Les Planeys Village, Saint-Maurice1.9 km NE
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Monthey Municipality, Monthey District6.9 km N
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Jorniva Mountain, Saint-Maurice0.7 km NE
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L'Aiguille Mountain, Saint-Maurice1.3 km NE
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Les Trois Merles Mountain, Saint-Maurice1 km SW
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La Gouille Lake, Saint-Maurice0.6 km SW
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Pierre de Nant Mountain, Saint-Maurice1.3 km S
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Tête Motte Mountain, Saint-Maurice1.4 km SW
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Plan Névé Natural site, Vérossaz1.3 km SW
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Tête de Chalin Mountain, Vérossaz1.7 km W
Sources & licences
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