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Mer de Glace

2,124 m6,969 ft

Area: 1.87 km²
Lowest point: 1,730 m
Tonight: -8°CSnow · Wind 7 km/h SW

Mer de Glace in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France covers 1.87 km² and spans 1,730–2,124 m above sea level.

All facts

Highest point: 2,124 m

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Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mer de Glace

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

Nearest parking
4.2 km WNW
+2 more within 4.2 km
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Nearest hut
Cabane de la Tour-Rouge
1.6 km SW · +2 more within 1.9 km
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Nearest campsite
Bivouac du Rognon des Drus
2.5 km NNE · +2 more within 4.3 km
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Cabane de la Tour-RougeHut	1.6 km SW
Refuge de la CharpouaHut	1.7 km ENE
Refuge de L'Envers des AiguillesHut	1.9 km SSW
Bivouac du Rognon des DrusCampsite	2.5 km NNE
Campsite	3.9 km WSW
Parking	4.2 km WNW
Parking	4.2 km WNW
Parking	4.2 km NW
Mer de GlaceCampsite	4.3 km NW

Glacier

Mer de Glace: size and slope

Drawn to scale from the OpenStreetMap outline and the Copernicus 30 m terrain model.

Vertical range: 394 m
Mean slope: 8°
Faces: northmostly shaded

3D map

Mer de Glace 3D map

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Surface

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Topographic map

Mer de Glace 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 centre

Mer de Glace elevation profile

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Weather

Mer de Glace weather

Tonight · Snow · -8°C (18°F) · 4.7 mm · Wind 7 km/h SW

Mer de Glace forecast for about 2,124 m.

Tonight-8°4.7 mm7 km/h SW
Today-8°-4°14.5 mm9 km/h SW
Sun-8°3°17.9 mm10 km/h W
Mon-4°6°–5 km/h N
Tue1°10°–2 km/h SW
Wed-1°5°–2 km/h N
Thu-1°7°–1 km/h NE
Fri-2°5°–2 km/h NW
Sat-3°4°3.3 mm2 km/h NW
Sun-4°1°1.6 mm3 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, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 4.7 × 4.7 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.

Gentle, 0–15°

19.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

21.3%

Steep, 30–45°

36.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

22.6%

Steeper than 30°: 59.3% of the 22 km² view
Relief in view: 2,307 m low point 1,627 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 43.6%Snow & ice 31.5%Grassland 13.3%Moss & lichen 5.8%Trees 4.3%Water 1.5%

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; 53 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Yellow-billed Chough11
Alpine Toadflax9
Alpine willowherb5
Fireweed4
Black Redstart2
Northern Chamois2

Where it sits

Where Mer de Glace sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Print & wall

JPGMer de Glace satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-24.

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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 2026-07-24)
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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Mer de Glace

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