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Vanil Noir
- Easiest route
- 3.9 km+1,162 m · about 3 h · T3
- Prominence
- 1,115 m3,659 ft
- Isolation
- 10 km
- Tonight
- -7°CSnow · Wind 18 km/h SW
Vanil Noir is a 2,389 m (7,838 ft) mountain in the Fribourg Prealps, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,389 m · 7,838 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Gummfluh (2,458 m)
- Range
- Fribourg Prealps
- Region
- Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Coordinates
- 46.5218° N, 7.1415° E
How to get to the top of Vanil Noir
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Parking, 2.1 km WSW of Vanil Noir
- Distance
- 3.9 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,162 m−165 m (3,812 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3 h
- Difficulty
- T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Vanil Noir 3D map
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Vanil Noir 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
Vanil Noir weather
Tonight · Snow · -7°C (19°F) · 4.0 mm · Wind 18 km/h SW
Vanil Noir forecast for the summit, about 2,389 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,346 m.
- Tonight-7°4.0 mm18 km/h SWBase -1°
- Today-7°-4°9.3 mm19 km/h SBase -1 / 2°
- Sun-9°1°16.7 mm23 km/h WBase -3 / 8°
- Mon-9°5°–6 km/h SEBase -2 / 11°
- Tue-1°10°–4 km/h WBase 5 / 17°
- Wed-4°4°0.3 mm8 km/h NBase 3 / 10°
- Thu-5°4°–6 km/h NWBase 1 / 11°
- Fri-3°5°–5 km/h NWBase 3 / 12°
- Sat-4°4°2.0 mm5 km/h NWBase 3 / 10°
- Sun-5°-1°6.3 mm6 km/h NWBase 1 / 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 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Vanil Noir
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Vanil Noir, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Cabane Bounavaux
Nearest parking
2.4 km WSW
Nearest campsite
Camping Haute Gruyère
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Cabane BounavauxHut | 1.4 km NNW |
| CAS Les MarindesHut | 2.2 km NE |
| Parking | 2.4 km WSW |
| Parking | 2.5 km NW |
| Parking | 2.6 km SE |
| La Cabane des ChoucasHut | 4.6 km SSW |
| Camping Haute GruyèreCampsite | 5.9 km NW |
| Le BerceauCampsite | 6.3 km SSW |
How steep is the route to Vanil Noir?
The easiest mapped route, 3.9 km from 1,346 m to 2,389 m. Steepest stretch: 44°.
- 0–15°1.7 km
- 15–30°1.7 km
- 30–45°0.5 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 50 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 4.2 km, measured from the Vanil Noir summit.
Summit list 9
- 1Pointe de Paray2,374 m 1.0 km SSW
- 2Tête de l'Herbette2,260 m 1.4 km NNE
- 3Tour de Dorena2,260 m 1.4 km ENE
- 4Sur Pra2,203 m 1.5 km SSW
- 5Gros Perré2,208 m 2.4 km SSW
- 6Vanil Carré2,195 m 3.3 km SSW
- 7Dent de Folliéran2,340 m 3.5 km NE
- 8Pra de Cray2,197 m 3.5 km SW
- 9Dent de Brenleire2,354 m 4.1 km NE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.2 km; 386 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Alpine Ibex19
- Northern Chamois17
- Martagon Lily11
- Alpine Marmot5
- Poet's Narcissus5
- Alpine Aster5
Where Vanil Noir sits
- Range
- Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Swiss Prealps46Vaud and Freiburger Prealps10Fribourg Prealps6
- Region
- Canton of Fribourg8Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
Dent de BrenleirePeak · 2,354 m↑4.1 km NE
GummfluhPeak · 2,458 m↑9.9 km SSE
MolésonPeak · 2,002 m↑10.0 km WNW
Dent de LysPeak · 2,014 m↑11 km W
Cape au MoinePeak · 1,941 m↑14 km WSW
More in the Fribourg Prealps 1
Vanil Noir downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
41 m low This 3D map reads 2,348 m at the summit; the official height is 2,389 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 58 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,389 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,348 m | -41 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,331 m | -58 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)
- 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