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Pic Chaussy
- Easiest route
- 2.4 km+493 m · about 1.5 h · T2
- Prominence
- 117 m383 ft
- Isolation
- 1.7 km
- Tonight
- -8°CSnow · Wind 11 km/h SW
Pic Chaussy is a 2,351 m (7,713 ft) mountain in the Vaud Prealps, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,351 m · 7,713 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Châtillon (2,478 m)
- Range
- Vaud Prealps
- Region
- Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
- Coordinates
- 46.3771° N, 7.1129° E
How to get to the top of Pic Chaussy
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 1.6 km NE of Pic Chaussy
- Distance
- 2.4 kmone way
- Climb
- +493 m−11 m (1,617 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1.5 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Pic Chaussy 3D map
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Pic Chaussy terrain and contours
100 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
Pic Chaussy weather
Tonight · Snow · -8°C (18°F) · 2.9 mm · Wind 11 km/h SW
Pic Chaussy forecast for the summit, about 2,351 m.
- Tonight-8°2.9 mm11 km/h SW
- Today-8°-5°10.0 mm12 km/h SE
- Sun-9°1°18.0 mm14 km/h W
- Mon-7°5°–6 km/h E
- Tue-1°10°–3 km/h E
- Wed-3°5°0.3 mm6 km/h E
- Thu-4°5°–4 km/h NW
- Fri-3°5°–4 km/h W
- Sat-4°3°1.4 mm5 km/h NW
- Sun-4°-1°5.0 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, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Pic Chaussy
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Pic Chaussy, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
2.2 km NNW
Nearest campsite
La Toundra
Nearest hut
Pra Cornet
Nearest caravan site
Leysin
All mapped places 10
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 2.2 km NNW |
| Parking | 2.2 km NNW |
| Parking | 2.2 km NNW |
| La ToundraCampsite | 2.5 km NNW |
| Camping de la MuréeCampsite | 2.7 km SSE |
| Pra CornetHut | 3.4 km NNE |
| Atipic - Récré Active (Tipis)Campsite | 3.5 km SSE |
| CAS Chalet LacombeHut | 5.5 km WNW |
| Refuge de la DouveHut | 6.9 km NNE |
| LeysinCaravan site | 8.0 km WSW |
How steep is the route to Pic Chaussy?
The easiest mapped route, 2.4 km from 1,853 m to 2,351 m. Steepest stretch: 35°.
- 0–15°1.7 km
- 15–30°0.6 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 30 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.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Pic Chaussy summit.
Summit list 5
- 1Le Triau2,100 m 0.6 km NNW
- 2Pointe des Semeleys2,327 m 0.8 km E
- 3La Rionde2,086 m 0.9 km N
- 4Châtillon2,478 m 1.9 km ENE
- 5Le Tarent2,548 m 2.7 km ENE
Where Pic Chaussy sits
- Range
- Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Swiss Prealps46Vaud and Freiburger Prealps10Vaud Prealps4
- Region
- Canton of Vaud18Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
Pic Chaussy downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
11 m low This 3D map reads 2,340 m at the summit; the official height is 2,351 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 45 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,351 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,340 m | -11 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,306 m | -45 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)
- 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