Pointes du Mourti · 3,564 m · 6.3 km S

Lake · Canton of Valais

Lac de Moiry

2,232 m7,323 ft

Area: 1.28 km²
Max depth: 148 m
Tonight: -6°CSnow · Wind 11 km/h NW

Lac de Moiry is a lake at 2,232 m above sea level in Canton of Valais, Switzerland, 1.28 km² in area and 2.6 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 2,232 m
Length: 2.6 km
Shoreline: 6.6 km

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Lake

Lac de Moiry in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 6.6 km≈1¾ h to walk around

3D map

Lac de Moiry 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Lac de Moiry terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lac de Moiry elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lac de Moiry weather

Tonight · Snow · -6°C (21°F) · 1.0 mm · Wind 11 km/h NW

Lac de Moiry forecast for about 2,232 m.

Tonight-6°1.0 mm11 km/h NW
Today-7°-3°9.3 mm9 km/h NW
Sun-10°4°12.4 mm12 km/h NW
Mon-3°5°–7 km/h S
Tue2°10°–1 km/h S
Wed-1°5°–1 km/h NW
Thu-2°6°–2 km/h S
Fri-4°5°–3 km/h S
Sat-5°3°3.2 mm4 km/h W
Sun-5°1°0.6 mm3 km/h NW

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

Camping & parking near Lac de Moiry

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

Nearest parking
0.9 km N
+2 more within 1.0 km
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Nearest caravan site
Stellplatz Zinal
4.3 km ENE · +1 more within 4.8 km
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Nearest campsite
Ilôt Bosquet
4.5 km N · +2 more within 6.1 km
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Nearest hut
Cabane de Moiry
4.8 km SSE · +2 more within 6.4 km
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All mapped places 11

Place	Distance
Parking	0.9 km N
Parking	1.0 km NNE
Parking	1.0 km N
Stellplatz ZinalCaravan site	4.3 km ENE
Ilôt BosquetCampsite	4.5 km N
Relais de la TzoucdanaCampsite	4.7 km E
Cabane de MoiryHut	4.8 km SSE
Stellplatz Clos des FrèsCaravan site	4.8 km N
Cabane Becs de BossonHut	5.6 km NW
Camping d'EvolèneCampsite	6.1 km WSW
Cabane du Petit MountetHut	6.4 km SE

Slope

Share of the 4.6 × 4.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

17.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

42.0%

Steep, 30–45°

36.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

4.4%

Steeper than 30°: 41.0% of the 21 km² view
Relief in view: 1,298 m low point 2,004 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 53.4%Bare rock / sparse 17.0%Moss & lichen 12.4%Snow & ice 10.5%Water 5.4%Trees 0.7%Shrubland 0.6%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2.3 km; 244 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Edelweiss23
Alpine gentian16
Mountain Burnet12
Alpine Aster11
Alpine Marmot9
Common Kidney-Vetch9

Where it sits

Where Lac de Moiry sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Grand CornierPeak · 3,962 m9.1 km SSE

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGLac de Moiry satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-27.

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GIS & GPS

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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 2026-09-27)
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
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 · Wikipedia

Lac de Moiry

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