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Pass · canton of Bozel

Col de la Vanoise

2,499 m8,199 ft
Tonight
-8°CSnow · Wind 11 km/h W

Col de la Vanoise is a mountain pass at 2,499 m in canton of Bozel, France.

All facts
Saddle
2,499 m
Lowest point
2,168 m / 2,097 m
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Pass

Col de la Vanoise: the climb from each side

Saddle 2,499 msoutheast side 2,168 m+331 m · 3.0 kmwest side 2,097 m+402 m · 2.6 km

No mapped road or trail crosses the saddle.

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

3D map

Col de la Vanoise 3D map

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Topographic map

Col de la Vanoise 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

Col de la Vanoise elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Col de la Vanoise weather

Tonight · Snow · -8°C (18°F) · 3.0 mm · Wind 11 km/h W

Col de la Vanoise forecast for about 2,499 m.

  • Tonight-8°3.0 mm11 km/h W
  • Today-8°-5°9.5 mm8 km/h W
  • Sun-10°1°17.9 mm10 km/h NW
  • Mon-6°4°–5 km/h SE
  • Tue-2°8°–2 km/h SE
  • Wed-5°4°–3 km/h SE
  • Thu-6°5°–3 km/h NW
  • Fri-7°3°–3 km/h SE
  • Sat-8°2°0.7 mm2 km/h SE
  • Sun-12°-1°2.6 mm5 km/h SE

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, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
19.1%
Moderate, 15–30°
34.7%
Steep, 30–45°
30.7%
Cliffs, 45° and over
15.6%
Steeper than 30°
46.3% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view
2,122 m low point 1,721 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 33.6%Bare rock / sparse 32.2%Grassland 21.2%Moss & lichen 11.5%Trees 0.9%Water 0.6%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of Col de la Vanoise.

NESW2 km5 km1234567
Summit list 7
  1. 1Pointe Mathews3,783 m 2.3 km ENE
  2. 2Pointe de la Petite Glière3,321 m 2.4 km N
  3. 3Pointe de la Grande Glière3,392 m 2.6 km N
  4. 4Pointe Centrale de l'Épéna3,307 m 3.0 km NNE
  5. 5La Grande Casse3,855 m 3.0 km NE
  6. 6Pointe Orientale de l'Épéna3,348 m 3.2 km NNE
  7. 7Aiguille de l'Épéna3,421 m 3.3 km NNE
Where it sits

Where Col de la Vanoise sits

Range
Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Graian Alps31Southern Graian Alps9South-Western Graian Alps5Vanoise massif5
Region
France176Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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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)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
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
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