Mont Blanc · 4,806 m · 17 km N

Pass · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Little St Bernard Pass

2,166 m7,106 ft

Connects: Creux des Morts – Saint-Bernard
Tonight: -6°CSnow · Wind 9 km/h W

Little St Bernard Pass is a mountain pass at 2,166 m in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. It links Creux des Morts and Saint-Bernard.

All facts

Saddle: 2,166 m
Lowest point: 2,052 m / 1,888 m

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Pass

Little St Bernard Pass: the climb from each side

Crossed by: a mapped trail

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

3D map

Little St Bernard Pass 3D map

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Little St Bernard Pass terrain and contours

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Little St Bernard Pass elevation profile

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Weather

Little St Bernard Pass weather

Tonight · Snow · -6°C (21°F) · 4.2 mm · Wind 9 km/h W

Little St Bernard Pass forecast for about 2,166 m.

Tonight-6°4.2 mm9 km/h W
Today-6°-4°16.1 mm9 km/h W
Sun-10°2°18.3 mm10 km/h W
Mon-5°5°–5 km/h W
Tue-1°10°–3 km/h W
Wed-4°5°–3 km/h W
Thu-5°6°–1 km/h W
Fri-6°5°–3 km/h W
Sat-5°3°2.0 mm4 km/h W
Sun-9°1°1.8 mm5 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, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Little St Bernard Pass

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Little St Bernard Pass, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.1 km SSW
+2 more within 0.4 km
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Nearest caravan site
Col du Petit Saint-Bernard (Parking)
0.4 km SSW · +1 more within 6.2 km
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Nearest campsite
Camping Rutor
6.2 km ENE · +1 more within 6.7 km
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Nearest hut
Refuge du Ruitor
7.5 km SE · +2 more within 8.0 km
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All mapped places 10

Place	Distance
Parking	0.1 km SSW
Parking	0.2 km SSW
Parking	0.4 km SSW
Col du Petit Saint-Bernard (Parking)Caravan site	0.4 km SSW
Area camper Grand AssalyCaravan site	6.2 km ENE
Camping RutorCampsite	6.2 km ENE
Hut	6.4 km SSW
Camping La ForêtCampsite	6.7 km SSW
Refuge du RuitorHut	7.5 km SE
Rifugio Albert DeffeyesHut	8.0 km E

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

23.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

48.0%

Steep, 30–45°

24.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

4.2%

Steeper than 30°: 28.3% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 1,512 m low point 1,493 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 56.2%Bare rock / sparse 17.3%Snow & ice 10.9%Moss & lichen 9.8%Trees 5.1%Water 0.7%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of Little St Bernard Pass.

Summit list 8

1Lancebranlette2,936 m 2.0 km WNW
2Becca des Rousses2,937 m 2.0 km WNW
3Mont Valezan2,892 m 2.5 km SE
4Mont de Fourclaz / Mont di Fourclaz2,966 m 2.9 km WNW
5Roc de Bellaface2,858 m 2.9 km WSW
6Sommet Des Rousses2,857 m 3.2 km WNW
7Monte Fréduaz Centrale / Pointe de la Louïe Blanche2,939 m 3.4 km SE
8Aiguille de l'Ermite / Aiguille dell'Hermite2,998 m 3.7 km NW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 437 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

European Common Frog39
Scarce Copper25
Purple Gentian23
Alpine Marmot22
Alpine Clover21
High Mountain Grasshopper17

Where it sits

Where Little St Bernard Pass sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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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 2026-07-24)
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)
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Little St Bernard Pass

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