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Aiguille d'Argentière · 3,898 m · 14 km SSE
Lake · Canton of Valais

Lac d'Émosson

1,872 m6,142 ft
Area
3.14 km²
Tonight
-3°CSnow · Wind 10 km/h SW

Lac d'Émosson is a lake at 1,872 m above sea level in Canton of Valais, Switzerland, 3.14 km² in area and 4.5 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,872 m
Length
4.5 km
Shoreline
14.4 km
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Lake

Lac d'Émosson in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

4.5 km longest1 kmN ↑
Shoreline
14.4 km≈3½ h to walk around
3D map

Lac d'Émosson 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.5 × 6.5 km

Surface
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Topographic map

Lac d'Émosson 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

Lac d'Émosson elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lac d'Émosson weather

Tonight · Snow · -3°C (27°F) · 2.3 mm · Wind 10 km/h SW

Lac d'Émosson forecast for about 1,872 m.

  • Tonight-3°2.3 mm10 km/h SW
  • Today-3°0°11.5 mm11 km/h SW
  • Sun-3°6°16.6 mm13 km/h SW
  • Mon-1°8°–4 km/h S
  • Tue4°12°–2 km/h S
  • Wed-1°8°–4 km/h NE
  • Thu2°10°–3 km/h N
  • Fri3°10°–4 km/h NW
  • Sat1°8°3.8 mm4 km/h N
  • Sun0°3°4.4 mm6 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, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lac d'Émosson

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

All mapped places 10
PlaceDistance
Parking2.0 km SE
Parking2.1 km SE
La cabane du Vieux EmossonHut2.3 km SSW
Parking3.6 km E
Campsite3.9 km SSE
Refuge de LoriazHut4.5 km S
Hut5.2 km ESE
Camping des MontetsCampsite6.2 km S
Camping des MontetsCampsite6.3 km S
PeutexCaravan site7.2 km ENE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 6.5 × 6.5 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°
12.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
33.8%
Steep, 30–45°
41.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
12.9%
Steeper than 30°
54.1% of the 42 km² view
Relief in view
1,885 m low point 1,097 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 35.7%Bare rock / sparse 25.8%Trees 11.7%Moss & lichen 9.4%Snow & ice 8.8%Water 8.3%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.2 km of Lac d'Émosson.

NESW2 km5 km123
Summit list 3
  1. 1Pointe de la Finive2,838 m 2.0 km WSW
  2. 2Pointe des Rousses2,962 m 3.1 km NW
  3. 3Tête des Rosses2,935 m 3.2 km NW
Where it sits

Where Lac d'Émosson sits

Range
Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Savoy Prealps16Giffre Mountains3
Region
Canton of Valais117Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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Sources

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)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia