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Glacier · canton of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains

Tête Rousse Glacier

3,307 m10,850 ft
Area
0.10 km²
Lowest point
3,050 m
Tonight
-14°CHeavy snow · Wind 6 km/h W

Tête Rousse Glacier in canton of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France covers 0.10 km² and spans 3,050–3,307 m above sea level.

All facts
Highest point
3,307 m
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Glacier

Tête Rousse Glacier: size and slope

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

23°Top 3,307 m257 m≈600 mTerminus 3,050 m
Vertical range
257 m
Mean slope
23°
Faces
westafternoon sun
3D map

Tête Rousse Glacier 3D map

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Vertical scale
Topographic map

Tête Rousse Glacier 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

Tête Rousse Glacier elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Tête Rousse Glacier weather

Tonight · Heavy snow · -14°C (7°F) · 3.0 mm · Wind 6 km/h W

Tête Rousse Glacier forecast for about 3,307 m.

  • Tonight-14°3.0 mm6 km/h W
  • Today-14°-10°14.2 mm8 km/h SE
  • Sun-16°-4°15.6 mm10 km/h W
  • Mon-13°-1°–4 km/h SE
  • Tue-6°4°–2 km/h SE
  • Wed-8°-1°–2 km/h N
  • Thu-9°0°–2 km/h NW
  • Fri-10°-1°–2 km/h SE
  • Sat-10°-2°2.0 mm3 km/h SE
  • Sun-12°-6°4.4 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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Tête Rousse Glacier

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

  • Nearest campsite

    Camping de Tête Rousse

    0.1 km S · +2 more within 4.6 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    Refuge de Tête Rousse

    0.2 km SW · +2 more within 1.1 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    Parking du Fresnay

    4.0 km NNW · +2 more within 4.0 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Camping de Tête RousseCampsite0.1 km S
Refuge de Tête RousseHut0.2 km SW
Refuge d'hiver de Tête RousseHut0.2 km SSW
Cabane des RognesHut1.1 km NW
Parking3.7 km NNW
Parking4.0 km NNW
Parking du FresnayParking4.0 km NNW
Campsite4.6 km NNW
Camping BellevueCampsite4.6 km NNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 3 × 3 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°
7.3%
Moderate, 15–30°
26.9%
Steep, 30–45°
43.3%
Cliffs, 45° and over
22.6%
Steeper than 30°
65.9% of the 9 km² view
Relief in view
2,176 m low point 1,986 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 52.3%Bare rock / sparse 34.0%Grassland 8.0%Moss & lichen 4.6%Trees 0.8%

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 1.5 km; 31 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Alpine Ibex27
  • Androsace saussurei8
  • Purple Saxifrage6
  • Round-leaved Pennycress6
  • Mossy saxifrage6
  • Glacier Crowfoot4
Where it sits

Where Tête Rousse Glacier sits

Range
Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Graian Alps31Northern Graian Alps20Mont Blanc Alps19Mont Blanc massif19
Region
France176Europe2,143
Protected area
Mont Blanc - site d'exception7
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
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Downloads

Tête Rousse Glacier downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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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)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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 · Wikipedia