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Tour Sallière
- Prominence
- 730 m2,394 ft
- Isolation
- 3.8 km
- Tonight
- -12°CSnow · Wind 10 km/h W
Tour Sallière is a 3,220 m (10,564 ft) mountain in the Tour Salière Group, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,220 m · 10,564 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Haute Cime (3,257 m)
- Range
- Tour Salière Group
- Region
- Canton of Valais, Switzerland
- Coordinates
- 46.1265° N, 6.9246° E
Tour Sallière 3D map
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Tour Sallière 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.
Tour Sallière elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Tour Sallière weather
Tonight · Snow · -12°C (10°F) · 2.8 mm · Wind 10 km/h W
Tour Sallière forecast for the summit, about 3,220 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,445 m.
- Tonight-12°2.8 mm10 km/h WBase -1°
- Today-11°-9°9.6 mm11 km/h SWBase -1 / 2°
- Sun-12°-4°18.1 mm12 km/h SWBase -2 / 7°
- Mon-10°-1°–4 km/h SBase 1 / 10°
- Tue-5°4°–2 km/h SBase 6 / 14°
- Wed-9°-1°–4 km/h NEBase 1 / 10°
- Thu-7°1°–3 km/h NBase 4 / 12°
- Fri-6°1°–4 km/h NWBase 5 / 12°
- Sat-7°0°3.8 mm4 km/h NBase 3 / 10°
- Sun-8°-5°4.4 mm6 km/h WBase 2 / 5°
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.
Camping & parking near Tour Sallière
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Tour Sallière, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Cabane de Susanfe
Nearest parking
5.1 km ENE
Nearest campsite
Van d'en Haut
Nearest caravan site
Peutex
All mapped places 10
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Cabane de SusanfeHut | 2.5 km NW |
| Refuge des Dents du MidiHut | 4.3 km NNE |
| Cabane d'AnthèmeHut | 4.6 km NNW |
| Parking | 5.1 km ENE |
| Parking | 5.5 km ENE |
| Van d'en HautCampsite | 5.5 km ENE |
| Parking | 6.1 km SSE |
| PeutexCaravan site | 6.2 km ESE |
| Camping du Grand ParadisCampsite | 6.4 km NW |
| Camping Les MarécottesCampsite | 6.7 km ESE |
Slope
Share of the 7 × 7 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 48.3% of the 49 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,743 m low point 1,445 m
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 3.5 km, measured from the Tour Sallière summit.
Summit list 6
- 1L'Epaule3,011 m 0.5 km ESE
- 2Dôme de la Tour Sallière3,138 m 0.6 km NNW
- 3Pointes d'Aboillon2,969 m 1.0 km ESE
- 4L'Église de la Tour Sallière3,077 m 1.1 km N
- 5Mont Ruan3,054 m 1.9 km W
- 6Tour de Prazon2,929 m 3.1 km SW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.5 km; 133 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Alpine Ibex7
- Mezereon5
- Round-leaved Pennycress5
- Pedicularis ascendens4
- Yellow-billed Chough3
- Alpine Marmot3
Where Tour Sallière sits
- Range
- Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Savoy Prealps16Giffre Mountains3
- Region
- Canton of Valais117Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
Lac d'ÉmossonLake · 1,920 m↑5.2 km S
Col de la ForclazPass · 1,526 m↑9.6 km SE
La ChavanettePass · 2,144 m↑11 km WNW
Pointe de ChéseryPeak · 2,249 m↑13 km NW
Col des MontetsPass · 1,461 m↑14 km S
More in the Giffre Mountains 1
Tour Sallière downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
31 m low This 3D map reads 3,189 m at the summit; the official height is 3,220 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 41 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,220 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 3,189 m | -31 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,179 m | -41 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