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Le Chamossaire

2,113 m6,932 ft

Prominence: 379 m1,242 ft
Isolation: 6.2 km
Tonight: -7°CLight snow showers · Wind 8 km/h NW

Le Chamossaire is a 2,113 m (6,932 ft) mountain in the Vaud Alps, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,113 m · 6,932 ft
Nearest higher peak: Tour de Mayen (2,327 m)
Range: Vaud Alps
Region: Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.3268° N, 7.0618° E

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3D map

Le Chamossaire 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Le Chamossaire 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 summit

Le Chamossaire elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Le Chamossaire weather

Tonight · Light snow showers · -7°C (19°F) · 2.0 mm · Wind 8 km/h NW

Le Chamossaire forecast for the summit, about 2,113 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 585 m.

Tonight-7°2.0 mm8 km/h NWBase 2°
Today-7°-4°11.7 mm12 km/h SEBase 2 / 5°
Sun-8°1°17.4 mm9 km/h SEBase 1 / 10°
Mon-8°4°–5 km/h EBase 1 / 13°
Tue-1°11°–4 km/h EBase 8 / 20°
Wed0°6°0.1 mm5 km/h NWBase 9 / 15°
Thu-3°7°–4 km/h NWBase 6 / 16°
Fri-3°7°–4 km/h WBase 6 / 16°
Sat-5°5°0.7 mm5 km/h NWBase 5 / 14°
Sun-3°0°3.9 mm6 km/h NWBase 6 / 9°

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.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

25.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

42.3%

Steep, 30–45°

28.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

2.9%

Steeper than 30°: 31.8% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,519 m low point 585 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 61.7%Grassland 36.9%Built-up 1.0%

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 Le Chamossaire summit.

Summit list 3

1Roc d'Orsay1,976 m 0.5 km SSE
2L'Aiguille1,900 m 1.0 km SE
3Roc à l'Ours1,924 m 1.4 km ESE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 552 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

European Toad35
Fly Agaric10
Fireweed10
Wood crane's-bill9
Common bistort9
Honey Waxcap9

Where it sits

Where Le Chamossaire sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Dents de MorclesPeak · 2,969 m14 km S

Le Chamossaire downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

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

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,103 m at the summit; the official height is 2,113 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,113 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,103 m	-10 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,096 m	-17 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