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Glacier · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Bossons Glacier

3,690 m12,106 ft

Area: 1.37 km²
Lowest point: 2,268 m
Tonight: -17°CSnow · Wind 8 km/h W

Bossons Glacier in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France covers 1.37 km² and spans 2,268–3,690 m above sea level.

All facts

Highest point: 3,690 m

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Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Bossons Glacier

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Bossons Glacier, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
2.0 km NNW
+2 more within 2.1 km
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Nearest hut
Refuge des Cosmiques
1.8 km SE · +2 more within 2.8 km
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Nearest campsite
Camping GCU de Chamonix-Les Bossons
2.9 km NW · +2 more within 3.0 km
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Refuge des CosmiquesHut	1.8 km SE
Refuge des Grands MuletsHut	1.9 km SSW
Parking	2.0 km NNW
Parking	2.0 km NNW
Parking	2.1 km NNW
Campsite	2.8 km NE
Refuge du Plan de L'AiguilleHut	2.8 km NNE
Camping GCU de Chamonix-Les BossonsCampsite	2.9 km NW
Les 2 GlaciersCampsite	3.0 km NW

Glacier

Bossons Glacier: size and slope

Drawn to scale from the OpenStreetMap outline and the Copernicus 30 m terrain model.

Vertical range: 1,422 m
Mean slope: 30°
Faces: northwestmostly shaded

3D map

Bossons Glacier 3D map

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Surface

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Topographic map

Bossons Glacier 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.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Bossons Glacier elevation profile

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Weather

Bossons Glacier weather

Tonight · Snow · -17°C (1°F) · 2.4 mm · Wind 8 km/h W

Bossons Glacier forecast for about 3,690 m.

Tonight-17°2.4 mm8 km/h W
Today-16°-13°13.6 mm9 km/h SW
Sun-17°-6°21.9 mm9 km/h W
Mon-13°-3°–6 km/h N
Tue-8°1°–2 km/h SW
Wed-11°-4°–2 km/h N
Thu-11°-3°–1 km/h NE
Fri-12°-4°–2 km/h NW
Sat-12°-5°3.3 mm2 km/h NW
Sun-14°-8°1.6 mm3 km/h W

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 3.1 × 3.1 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°

8.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

32.2%

Steep, 30–45°

33.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

26.2%

Steeper than 30°: 59.7% of the 10 km² view
Relief in view: 2,111 m low point 1,586 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 55.2%Bare rock / sparse 20.4%Grassland 11.8%Trees 7.6%Moss & lichen 4.2%Water 0.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 1.6 km; 114 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Yellow-billed Chough193
Alpine Clover26
Fireweed23
Alpine Accentor22
Rusty-leaved Alpenrose20
Alpine Marmot16

Where it sits

Where Bossons Glacier sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Print & wall

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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)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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)
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Bossons Glacier

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