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Mountain · Fribourg Prealps · Canton of Fribourg

Dent de Lys

2,014 m6,608 ft

Easiest route: 2.1 km+437 m · about 1.5 h · T3
Prominence: 502 m1,648 ft
Isolation: 7.7 km
Tonight: -5°CHeavy snow · Wind 21 km/h SW

Dent de Lys is a 2,014 m (6,608 ft) mountain in the Fribourg Prealps, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,014 m · 6,608 ft
Nearest higher peak: Pointe de Cray (2,070 m)
Range: Fribourg Prealps
Region: Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.5074° N, 7.0032° E

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Route

How to get to the top of Dent de Lys

3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

Easiest route: from Road end near Paccot-Dessus

Distance: 2.1 kmone way
Climb: +437 m−32 m (1,434 ft up)
Time up: about 1.5 h
Difficulty: T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling

Dent de Lys elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Other routes 2

Road end, 1.4 km E of Dent de Lys2.0 km · +685 m · about 1.5 h
T3GPX KML
Road end, 1.2 km SE of Dent de Lys1.7 km · +586 m · about 1.5 h
T4GPX KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Dent de Lys 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Dent de Lys terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Paccot-Dessus. 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 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Dent de Lys weather

Tonight · Heavy snow · -5°C (23°F) · 6.2 mm · Wind 21 km/h SW

Dent de Lys forecast for the summit, about 2,014 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,426 m.

Tonight-5°6.2 mm21 km/h SWBase -1°
Today-4°-2°10.4 mm21 km/h SBase -1 / 2°
Sun-5°4°19.1 mm26 km/h WBase -2 / 7°
Mon-5°6°–6 km/h EBase -2 / 10°
Tue1°11°–4 km/h WBase 5 / 14°
Wed-1°5°0.2 mm8 km/h NBase 3 / 9°
Thu-1°5°–5 km/h NWBase 2 / 9°
Fri-1°7°–4 km/h WBase 2 / 10°
Sat-1°5°2.2 mm4 km/h NWBase 2 / 9°
Sun-3°1°8.7 mm6 km/h SWBase 1 / 5°

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Dent de Lys

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

Nearest parking
1.0 km NNW
+2 more within 1.0 km
Directions Map
Nearest hut
Buvette Les Moilles
2.3 km N · +2 more within 5.1 km
Directions Map
Nearest caravan site
Stellplatz Joncs, Châtel-Saint-Denis
3.9 km W · +1 more within 4.3 km
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Nearest campsite
Camping le Bivouac
6.9 km WNW
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Parking	1.0 km NNW
Parking	1.0 km NNW
Parking	1.0 km NNW
Buvette Les MoillesHut	2.3 km N
Stellplatz Joncs, Châtel-Saint-DenisCaravan site	3.9 km W
Stellplatz Rathvel, Châtel-Saint-DenisCaravan site	4.3 km NNW
Hôtel du BostricheHut	4.4 km NE
Le Gros PlanéHut	5.1 km N
Camping le BivouacCampsite	6.9 km WNW

Slope

How steep is the route to Dent de Lys?

The easiest mapped route, 2.1 km from 1,576 m to 2,014 m. Steepest stretch: 35°.

0 km · 1,576 m2.1 km · 2,014 m

0–15°1.4 km
15–30°0.7 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 53.5%Trees 46.2%

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 Dent de Lys summit.

Summit list 7

1Grosse Côte1,791 m 0.6 km E
2Lys Derrey1,864 m 0.7 km WSW
3Grand Sex1,907 m 0.9 km ENE
4Vanil Blanc1,827 m 1.6 km NE
5Folliu Borna1,848 m 1.9 km SSW
6Le Barlattey1,630 m 2.3 km W
7Haut des Preises1,604 m 2.6 km WSW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 235 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Common Drone Fly5
Poet's Narcissus5
Common bilberry5
Alpine Ibex4
Sooty Copper4
Cicindela sylvicola4

Where it sits

Where Dent de Lys sits

Ranked in 2

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Dent de BrenleirePeak · 2,354 m14 km ENE

Dent de Lys downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGDent de Lys satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-22.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXDent de Lys GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

12 m low This 3D map reads 2,002 m at the summit; the official height is 2,014 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,014 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,002 m	-12 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,990 m	-24 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 2026-09-22)
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
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

Dent de Lys

Easiest route: from Road end near Paccot-Dessus

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest hut

Nearest caravan site

Nearest campsite

Data sources