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Dent de Vaulion
- Easiest route
- 0.5 km+67 m · about 0.5 h · T2
- Prominence
- 333 m1,094 ft
- Isolation
- 7.5 km
- Tonight
- -1°CHeavy snow · Wind 26 km/h W
Dent de Vaulion is a 1,483 m (4,865 ft) mountain in the Jura Mountains, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,483 m · 4,865 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mont Tendre (1,679 m)
- Range
- Jura Mountains
- Region
- Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
- Coordinates
- 46.6840° N, 6.3513° E
How to get to the top of Dent de Vaulion
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 0.5 km S of Dent de Vaulion
- Distance
- 0.5 kmone way
- Climb
- +67 m(220 ft up)
- Time up
- about 0.5 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Dent de Vaulion 3D map
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Dent de Vaulion terrain and contours
25 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Dent de Vaulion weather
Tonight · Heavy snow · -1°C (30°F) · 5.9 mm · Wind 26 km/h W
Dent de Vaulion forecast for the summit, about 1,483 m.
- Tonight-1°5.9 mm26 km/h W
- Today-1°1°10.4 mm27 km/h SW
- Sun-2°6°11.8 mm30 km/h SW
- Mon-3°8°–7 km/h W
- Tue3°13°0.2 mm7 km/h W
- Wed1°7°0.4 mm9 km/h N
- Thu0°6°–6 km/h NE
- Fri0°8°–4 km/h E
- Sat0°8°6.0 mm4 km/h NW
- Sun-3°4°1.7 mm16 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 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Dent de Vaulion
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Dent de Vaulion, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Cabane du Ski Club de Vallorbe
Nearest parking
0.5 km S
Nearest caravan site
Le Patinage
Nearest campsite
Camping au Pré Sous Ville
All mapped places 11
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Cabane du Ski Club de VallorbeHut | 0.4 km SSW |
| Parking | 0.5 km S |
| Parking | 0.6 km S |
| Parking | 0.8 km E |
| Cabane d'Orny dent de vaulionHut | 0.8 km S |
| Chalet du Pré du CreuxHut | 2.6 km NE |
| Le PatinageCaravan site | 2.9 km SW |
| Stellplatz Crêt BlancCaravan site | 3.2 km SSW |
| Stellplatz Les CrettetsCaravan site | 3.3 km SW |
| Camping au Pré Sous VilleCampsite | 3.4 km NNE |
| Village de TipisCampsite | 3.8 km SSW |
How steep is the route to Dent de Vaulion?
The easiest mapped route, 0.5 km from 1,411 m to 1,483 m. Steepest stretch: 11°.
- 0–15°0.5 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 10 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
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 Dent de Vaulion summit.
Summit list 6
- 1Crêt Mal Rond1,155 m 1.0 km WNW
- 2Le Mont d'Orzeires1,083 m 1.3 km NW
- 3Crêt des Alouettes1,068 m 1.3 km N
- 4Les Agouillons1,216 m 1.8 km SW
- 5Le Montagnat795 m 2.3 km NNE
- 6L'Aouille1,147 m 2.6 km SSW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 399 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Northern Chamois10
- Stinking hellebore7
- Autumn Crocus7
- Signal Crayfish6
- Marsh Helleborine6
- Round-leaved wintergreen6
Where Dent de Vaulion sits
- Range
- Jura Mountains26
- Region
- Canton of Vaud18Switzerland432Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Col du MollendruzPass · 1,180 m↑3.9 km SSE
Lac de JouxLake · 1,004 m↑7.0 km SW
Mont TendrePeak · 1,679 m↑10 km SSW
Aiguilles de BaulmesPeak · 1,559 m↑15 km NE
Vallée de Joux1,145 m↑15 km SW
More in the Jura Mountains 6
Dent de Vaulion downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,481 m at the summit; the official height is 1,483 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,483 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,481 m | -2 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,474 m | -9 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 2026-09-23)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, 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