Pass · Canton of Neuchâtel

Vue des Alpes

1,283 m4,209 ft

Connects: Fontainemelon – Le Cerisier
Tonight: -1°CLight snow · Wind 26 km/h SW

Vue des Alpes is a mountain pass at 1,283 m in Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. It links Fontainemelon and Le Cerisier.

All facts

Saddle: 1,283 m
Lowest point: 805 m / 1,027 m

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Pass

Vue des Alpes: the climb from each side

Crossed by: Chemin de la Petite-Corbatière

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

3D map

Vue des Alpes 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Vue des Alpes terrain and contours

25 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 125 mShowing west → east through the centre

Vue des Alpes elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Vue des Alpes weather

Tonight · Light snow · -1°C (30°F) · 0.3 mm · Wind 26 km/h SW

Vue des Alpes forecast for about 1,283 m.

Tonight-1°0.3 mm26 km/h SW
Today0°2°7.4 mm32 km/h SW
Sun0°7°11.2 mm33 km/h SW
Mon-1°7°–12 km/h SW
Tue4°14°0.3 mm7 km/h W
Wed2°7°0.2 mm9 km/h N
Thu1°9°–8 km/h E
Fri-1°9°–2 km/h SE
Sat0°9°5.5 mm6 km/h W
Sun-3°4°2.7 mm19 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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Vue des Alpes

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

Nearest parking
La Vue des Alpes
0.1 km SSE · +2 more within 0.3 km
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Nearest hut
Chalet du ski-club de Neuchâtel
1.6 km SSW · +2 more within 3.5 km
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Nearest caravan site
Stellplatz La Corbatière
2.3 km W · +2 more within 4.5 km
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Nearest campsite
Bois-du-Couvent
3.4 km NW · +1 more within 5.7 km
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All mapped places 11

Place	Distance
La Vue des AlpesParking	0.1 km SSE
Parking	0.3 km NW
Parking	0.3 km SE
Chalet du ski-club de NeuchâtelHut	1.6 km SSW
Stellplatz La CorbatièreCaravan site	2.3 km W
CAS Chalet du Mont-d'AminHut	3.0 km ENE
Stellplatz CernierCaravan site	3.4 km ESE
Bois-du-CouventCampsite	3.4 km NW
Ferme SterchiHut	3.5 km NNW
Euro-relais La CroiseeCaravan site	4.5 km S
La CibourgCampsite	5.7 km NNE

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 68% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

68.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

25.0%

Steep, 30–45°

6.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 6.7% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 719 m low point 707 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 44.1%Grassland 40.7%Cropland 7.8%Built-up 7.4%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of Vue des Alpes.

Summit list 3

1Montperreux1,340 m 1.3 km NNE
2Tête de Ran1,422 m 2.4 km SSW
3Mont d'Amin1,417 m 3.0 km ENE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 813 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Great Yellow Gentian17
Hogweed14
Common Grass-veneer14
Norway spruce11
Martagon Lily10
Early Purple Orchid10

Where it sits

Where Vue des Alpes sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Taubenloch Gorge448 m31 km ENE

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Print & wall

JPGVue des Alpes satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-22.

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GIS & GPS

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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 2026-09-22)
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
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Vue des Alpes

West → east through the centre

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