Cleuson Lake
- Area
- 0.45 km²
- Tonight
- -6°CSnow · Wind 10 km/h S
Cleuson Lake is a lake at 2,171 m above sea level in Canton of Valais, Switzerland, 0.45 km² in area and 1.3 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 2,171 m
- Length
- 1.3 km
- Shoreline
- 3.7 km
Cleuson Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 3.7 km≈1 h to walk around
Cleuson Lake 3D map
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Cleuson Lake terrain and contours
50 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.
Cleuson Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Cleuson Lake weather
Tonight · Snow · -6°C (21°F) · 1.7 mm · Wind 10 km/h S
Cleuson Lake forecast for about 2,171 m.
- Tonight-6°1.7 mm10 km/h S
- Today-6°-2°11.7 mm9 km/h NW
- Sun-5°3°13.2 mm11 km/h SW
- Mon-4°5°–4 km/h NW
- Tue2°10°–3 km/h SE
- Wed1°7°–1 km/h SE
- Thu1°8°–2 km/h SE
- Fri0°8°–3 km/h SE
- Sat-1°6°0.4 mm3 km/h SW
- Sun-3°1°1.8 mm2 km/h S
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.
Camping & parking near Cleuson Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Cleuson Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.4 km NE
Nearest hut
Refuge de Saint-Laurent
Nearest campsite
5.7 km E
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.4 km NE |
| Parking | 0.4 km NNE |
| Parking | 0.4 km NNE |
| Refuge de Saint-LaurentHut | 1.5 km SSE |
| Hut | 4.3 km NW |
| Cabane Mont FortHut | 4.4 km SW |
| Campsite | 5.7 km E |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 47.9% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,378 m low point 1,800 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.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 167 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Silvery Argus14
- Swiss Brassy Ringlet8
- Purple Gentian6
- Fireweed6
- Chalkhill Blue5
- Mountain Lentil5
Where Cleuson Lake sits
- Region
- Canton of Valais117Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
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- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-22)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- 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)