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Mont Tendre
- Easiest route
- 0.9 km+55 m · about 0.5 h · T1
- Prominence
- 452 m1,483 ft
- Isolation
- 39 km
- Tonight
- -2°CSnow · Wind 25 km/h SW
Mont Tendre is a 1,679 m (5,509 ft) mountain in the Jura Mountains, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,679 m · 5,509 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Dent du Lan (2,087 m)
- Range
- Jura Mountains
- Region
- Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
- Spanish name
- Tendre
- Coordinates
- 46.5946° N, 6.3101° E
How to get to the top of Mont Tendre
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 0.8 km NE of Mont Tendre
- Distance
- 0.9 kmone way
- Climb
- +55 m(180 ft up)
- Time up
- about 0.5 h
- Difficulty
- T1Easy trail, trainers are fine
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mont Tendre 3D map
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Mont Tendre terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Mont Tendre weather
Tonight · Snow · -2°C (28°F) · 4.4 mm · Wind 25 km/h SW
Mont Tendre forecast for the summit, about 1,679 m.
- Tonight-2°4.4 mm25 km/h SW
- Today-2°-1°13.7 mm28 km/h SW
- Sun-4°5°15.8 mm31 km/h SW
- Mon-3°6°–9 km/h SW
- Tue3°13°0.3 mm6 km/h W
- Wed1°6°0.4 mm10 km/h NE
- Thu0°7°–9 km/h NE
- Fri1°8°–3 km/h NW
- Sat1°7°6.1 mm4 km/h W
- Sun-4°3°3.2 mm13 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 near Mont Tendre
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mont Tendre, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.8 km NE
Nearest hut
Cabane du Cunay
Nearest caravan site
Stellplatz Parking 1, Le Chenit
Nearest campsite
Camping du Rocheray
All mapped places 12
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.8 km NE |
| Cabane du CunayHut | 2.4 km SW |
| Parking | 2.6 km SW |
| Refuge du Bon AccueilHut | 3.2 km ESE |
| Cabane du Grand-CunayHut | 3.6 km SW |
| Parking | 4.2 km NW |
| Stellplatz Parking 1, Le ChenitCaravan site | 5.5 km NW |
| Camping du RocherayCampsite | 5.6 km NW |
| Stellplatz L'AbbayeCaravan site | 6.0 km N |
| Village de TipisCampsite | 6.7 km NNE |
| Bois GentilCampsite | 7.0 km SE |
| Stellplatz Crêt BlancCaravan site | 7.2 km NNE |
How steep is the route to Mont Tendre?
The easiest mapped route, 0.9 km from 1,619 m to 1,679 m. Steepest stretch: 22°.
- 0–15°0.8 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 10 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Where Mont Tendre sits
- Range
- Jura Mountains26
- Region
- Canton of Vaud18Switzerland432Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Lac de JouxLake · 1,004 m↑5.3 km NNW
Col du MarchairuzPass · 1,447 m↑6.5 km SW
Vallée de Joux1,145 m↑7.3 km W
Col du MollendruzPass · 1,180 m↑7.5 km NE
Dent de VaulionPeak · 1,483 m↑10 km NNE
More in the Jura Mountains 6
Mont Tendre downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,676 m at the summit; the official height is 1,679 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,679 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,676 m | -3 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,671 m | -8 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)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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