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Plateau de Solaison

1,490 m4,888 ft

Tonight: -2°CLight snow · Wind 10 km/h S

Plateau de Solaison is a mountain pass at 1,490 m in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

All facts

Saddle: 1,490 m
Lowest point: 613 m / 1,004 m

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Pass

Plateau de Solaison: the climb from each side

No mapped road or trail crosses the saddle.

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

3D map

Plateau de Solaison 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Plateau de Solaison 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

Plateau de Solaison elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Plateau de Solaison weather

Tonight · Light snow · -2°C (28°F) · 0.8 mm · Wind 10 km/h S

Plateau de Solaison forecast for about 1,490 m.

Tonight-2°0.8 mm10 km/h S
Today-1°1°7.7 mm15 km/h S
Sun0°5°14.6 mm19 km/h S
Mon0°11°–5 km/h S
Tue6°16°–3 km/h W
Wed3°10°–7 km/h N
Thu0°9°–4 km/h N
Fri2°11°–4 km/h N
Sat2°9°2.2 mm5 km/h NW
Sun-1°4°7.0 mm7 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

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°

24.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

37.1%

Steep, 30–45°

28.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

9.2%

Steeper than 30°: 38.1% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 1,965 m low point 446 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 65.4%Grassland 31.4%Built-up 1.7%Bare rock / sparse 1.3%

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 4 km; 259 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Great masterwort5
Yellow-billed Chough4
Alpine Ibex4
Wolf's bane4
Short-awn foxtail4
Round-leaved Saxifrage4

Where it sits

Where Plateau de Solaison sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake Annecy447 m28 km SW

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGPlateau de Solaison 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)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · Wikipedia