Lac de Champex
- Max depth
- 5 m
- Tonight
- -1°CSnow · Wind 8 km/h NW
Lac de Champex is a lake at 1,472 m above sea level in Canton of Valais, Switzerland.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,472 m
Lac de Champex 3D map
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Lac de Champex 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.
Lac de Champex elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lac de Champex weather
Tonight · Snow · -1°C (30°F) · 2.0 mm · Wind 8 km/h NW
Lac de Champex forecast for about 1,472 m.
- Tonight-1°2.0 mm8 km/h NW
- Today-1°2°11.1 mm9 km/h S
- Sun-2°9°17.5 mm8 km/h N
- Mon2°11°–5 km/h S
- Tue6°15°–2 km/h S
- Wed3°10°–2 km/h N
- Thu4°11°–2 km/h N
- Fri3°10°–2 km/h N
- Sat3°9°3.8 mm4 km/h N
- Sun2°6°4.3 mm4 km/h N
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 Lac de Champex
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lac de Champex, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.2 km NNE
Nearest campsite
Roccailles
Nearest hut
Plan de l'Au
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.2 km NNE |
| Parking | 0.2 km N |
| Parking | 0.2 km NNW |
| RoccaillesCampsite | 0.7 km NW |
| Relais d'ArpetteCampsite | 1.8 km W |
| Plan de l'AuHut | 3.8 km NW |
| Cabane d'OrnyHut | 5.1 km SW |
| Cabane du TrientHut | 6.5 km WSW |
| Campsite | 7.4 km SE |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 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.
- Steeper than 30°
- 61.6% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,654 m low point 949 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; 956 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Green-winged orchid72
- Mottled Beauty35
- Ashworth’s Rustic30
- Reddish Light Arches30
- Tawny-barred Angle29
- Common Coot22
Where Lac de Champex sits
- Region
- Canton of Valais117Switzerland432Europe2,143
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- Terrain
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- 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)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Panorama
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- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)