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Le Chasseron

1,607 m5,272 ft

Prominence: 591 m1,940 ft
Isolation: 32 km
Tonight: -3°CHeavy snow · Wind 23 km/h SW

Le Chasseron is a 1,607 m (5,272 ft) mountain in the Jura Mountains, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 1,607 m · 5,272 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mont Tendre (1,679 m)
Range: Jura Mountains
Region: Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.8507° N, 6.5382° E

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3D map

Le Chasseron 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Le Chasseron 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 summit

Le Chasseron elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Le Chasseron weather

Tonight · Heavy snow · -3°C (27°F) · 2.8 mm · Wind 23 km/h SW

Le Chasseron forecast for the summit, about 1,607 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 520 m.

Tonight-3°2.8 mm23 km/h SWBase 4°
Today-3°0°11.5 mm32 km/h SWBase 4 / 6°
Sun-1°5°11.7 mm35 km/h SWBase 6 / 12°
Mon-1°6°–11 km/h SWBase 6 / 13°
Tue3°13°0.8 mm9 km/h WBase 10 / 20°
Wed0°6°0.1 mm10 km/h EBase 7 / 12°
Thu-1°7°–12 km/h EBase 5 / 14°
Fri-2°8°–2 km/h EBase 5 / 15°
Sat-1°7°3.1 mm5 km/h SWBase 5 / 14°
Sun-4°2°3.4 mm17 km/h WBase 3 / 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 6.4 × 6.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 51% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

50.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

33.4%

Steep, 30–45°

14.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.2%

Steeper than 30°: 15.9% of the 41 km² view
Relief in view: 1,079 m low point 520 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 61.4%Grassland 36.5%Built-up 1.5%Cropland 0.6%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.2 km, measured from the Le Chasseron summit.

Summit list 5

1Petites Roches1,583 m 1.2 km SW
2Roches Blanches1,470 m 1.2 km NNW
3Mont de la Maya1,466 m 1.4 km WSW
4Le Praisot1,389 m 2.3 km SW
5Le Cochet1,483 m 2.5 km SW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.2 km; 163 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Trumpet gentian7
Early Purple Orchid7
Northern Chamois6
Martagon Lily5
Great Yellow Gentian5
Clustered bellflower4

Where it sits

Where Le Chasseron sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lac des BrenetsLake · 739 m27 km NNE

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

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Print & wall

JPGLe Chasseron satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-23.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,599 m at the summit; the official height is 1,607 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,607 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,599 m	-8 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,589 m	-18 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)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: 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