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Arête des Quatre Ânes

Located in Zermatt, Visp District Coordinates: 46°02′05″ N 7°37′12″ E

Map showing the location of Arête des Quatre Ânes Arête des Quatre Ânes
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
3,975 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Zermatt
10 km E
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
TRN Turin Airport93 km
MXP Milan Malpensa International Airport97 km

About Arête des Quatre Ânes

Arête des Quatre Ânes is a mountain. Location: Zermatt, Visp District. Elevation: 3,975 m. The nearest airport is Turin Airport (93 km). Nearby sights include Dent Blanche and Grand Gendarme.

Climate of Arête des Quatre Ânes

This month · November

A cold month

Day -10° · Night -15° · Rain 87 mm

Hottest month
August (day 2°)
Coldest month
February (night -20°)
Wettest month
November (87 mm)
Driest month
July (63 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 Arête des Quatre Ânes
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-14°-14°-13°-11°-6°-3°1°2°-2°-6°-10°-13°
Average low (°C)-20°-20°-19°-17°-13°-9°-6°-5°-8°-11°-15°-18°
Precipitation (mm)807781777869637064788780

How to get to Arête des Quatre Ânes

The nearest airport is Turin Airport (TRN), 93 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lausanne, 93 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 93 kmsouth
  • Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP) Ferno (VA) 97 kmsoutheast
  • Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 98 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 93 kmnorthwest
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 102 kmnorth
  • Geneva Population: 201.7K 115 kmwest
  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 164 kmnortheast
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 169 kmnorth

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

Day trips from Arête des Quatre Ânes

Within 100 km: 83 historic and cultural sites, 5,000 natural sites, 608 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km707 places

  • Illsee Lake 25 kmN
  • Le Gouillé Vert Lake 24 kmNW
  • Unterer Märetschisee Lake 25 kmN
  • Lac de Tsofeiret Lake 21 kmSW

25–60 km2,119 places

  • Oeschinen Lake Lake 52 kmN
  • Stausee Mattmark Lake 26 kmE
  • Lac de Fully Lake 44 kmW
  • Lac de Derborence Lake 41 kmNW

60–100 km2,865 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 73 kmN
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 73 kmN
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 70 kmN
  • Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 80 kmN

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