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Mountain · Canton of Vaud

Mont Pèlerin

1,080 m3,543 ft
Prominence
327 m1,073 ft
Isolation
6.5 km
Tonight
3°CRain · Wind 30 km/h SW

Mont Pèlerin is a 1,080 m (3,543 ft) mountain in Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.

All facts
Elevation
1,080 m · 3,543 ft
Nearest higher peak
Les Pléiades (1,362 m)
Region
Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
Coordinates
46.4962° N, 6.8201° E
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3D map

Mont Pèlerin 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Mont Pèlerin terrain and contours

25 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 125 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mont Pèlerin elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mont Pèlerin weather

Tonight · Rain · 3°C (37°F) · 4.0 mm · Wind 30 km/h SW

Mont Pèlerin forecast for the summit, about 1,080 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 368 m.

  • Tonight3°4.0 mm30 km/h SWBase 7°
  • Today3°5°8.8 mm22 km/h SWBase 7 / 9°
  • Sun3°9°14.3 mm31 km/h SWBase 8 / 14°
  • Mon3°8°–6 km/h NWBase 7 / 13°
  • Tue8°12°–3 km/h EBase 12 / 16°
  • Wed6°10°–10 km/h NBase 10 / 14°
  • Thu4°9°–6 km/h NBase 9 / 13°
  • Fri5°10°–6 km/h WBase 9 / 14°
  • Sat5°9°2.5 mm5 km/h WBase 9 / 13°
  • Sun3°7°3.4 mm14 km/h SWBase 7 / 12°

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mont Pèlerin

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.2 km ESE

    +2 more within 1.2 km

  • Nearest hut

    Espace Cendrillon

    1.8 km SSE · +2 more within 2.9 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Camping de La Pichette

    3.1 km SSW · +2 more within 6.4 km

All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Parking0.2 km ESE
Parking0.5 km W
Parking1.2 km SE
Espace CendrillonHut1.8 km SSE
Refuge de ReuleHut2.2 km ESE
Cabane de la RottaHut2.9 km E
Camping de La PichetteCampsite3.1 km SSW
Camping des CasesCampsite5.6 km NW
Camping de MoratelCampsite6.4 km W
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 67% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
67.1%
Moderate, 15–30°
27.0%
Steep, 30–45°
5.7%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.1%
Steeper than 30°
5.8% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view
724 m low point 368 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 43.9%Trees 41.4%Built-up 6.6%Cropland 5.8%Water 2.3%

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 3 km; 466 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Common Wall Lizard29
  • Maidenhair spleenwort17
  • European beech16
  • European Firebug11
  • Sycamore maple11
  • Wall-rue10
Where it sits

Where Mont Pèlerin sits

Region
Canton of Vaud18Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Mont Pèlerin downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

12 m high This 3D map reads 1,092 m at the summit; the official height is 1,080 m.Official 1,080 mThis map 1,092 m

Why: a 30 m terrain model measures the surface, snow, ice and trees included, and official heights can come from older surveys.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)1,080 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)1,092 m+12 m
Copernicus GLO-901,086 m+6 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)
Camping & parking
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
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