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aiguille du Tour
- Prominence
- 279 m915 ft
- Isolation
- 2.1 km
- Tonight
- -15°CHeavy snow · Wind 7 km/h W
aiguille du Tour is a 3,540 m (11,614 ft) mountain in the Mont Blanc massif, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,540 m · 11,614 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Grande Fourche (3,610 m)
- Range
- Mont Blanc massif
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
- Coordinates
- 45.9943° N, 7.0104° E
aiguille du Tour 3D map
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aiguille du Tour terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
aiguille du Tour elevation profile
West → east through the summit
aiguille du Tour weather
Tonight · Heavy snow · -15°C (5°F) · 2.0 mm · Wind 7 km/h W
aiguille du Tour forecast for the summit, about 3,540 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,887 m.
- Tonight-15°2.0 mm7 km/h WBase -5°
- Today-14°-11°12.5 mm8 km/h SBase -4 / -1°
- Sun-14°-4°16.1 mm7 km/h NWBase -4 / 6°
- Mon-10°-2°–4 km/h SBase 0 / 8°
- Tue-7°2°–3 km/h SBase 3 / 12°
- Wed-9°-3°–3 km/h SBase 1 / 7°
- Thu-9°-2°–2 km/h SBase 1 / 8°
- Fri-9°-3°–2 km/h NBase 1 / 7°
- Sat-10°-4°6.7 mm4 km/h SWBase 0 / 6°
- Sun-10°-7°2.4 mm4 km/h SWBase -1 / 3°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near aiguille du Tour
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around aiguille du Tour, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Refuge Albert 1er
Nearest parking
4.8 km W
Nearest campsite
Boerne
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Refuge Albert 1erHut | 1.9 km W |
| Cabane du TrientHut | 2.6 km ENE |
| Refuge des PetoudesHut | 2.9 km N |
| Parking | 4.8 km W |
| Parking | 4.9 km W |
| Parking | 5.1 km W |
| BoerneCampsite | 6.4 km W |
| Camping du Glacier D'ArgentiereCampsite | 7.0 km WSW |
| Camping de l'ArpilleCampsite | 7.2 km N |
Slope
Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 35.4% of the 36 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,857 m low point 1,887 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the aiguille du Tour summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Tête Blanche3,421 m 1.4 km SSE
- 2Petite Fourche3,512 m 1.8 km SSE
- 3Grande Fourche3,610 m 2.2 km SSE
- 4Aiguille de la Varappe3,518 m 2.2 km SE
- 5Aiguille Forbes3,488 m 2.3 km S
- 6Tête Biselx3,508 m 2.4 km ESE
- 7Aiguille du Chardonnet3,824 m 3.0 km SSW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 76 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Green-winged orchid47
- Pale-flowered Orchid8
- Moss Campion6
- Yellow-billed Chough4
- Mountain Houseleek4
- Chocolate Chip Lichen4
Where aiguille du Tour sits
- Range
- Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Graian Alps31Northern Graian Alps20Mont Blanc Alps19Mont Blanc massif19
- Region
- Switzerland432Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes44France176Europe2,143
Nearby places
Col des MontetsPass · 1,461 m↑6.8 km W
Col de la ForclazPass · 1,526 m↑7.2 km N
Val Ferret↑8.4 km SE
Lac de ChampexLake · 1,467 m↑9.0 km ENE
Lac BlancLake · 2,352 m↑9.5 km W
More in the Mont Blanc massif 6
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How accurate is this?
74 m low This 3D map reads 3,466 m at the summit; the official height is 3,540 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 81 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,540 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 3,466 m | -74 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,459 m | -81 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-24)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia