La Dôle
| La Dôle | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Elevation | 1,677 m (5,502 ft) |
| Prominence | 355 m (1,165 ft)[1] |
| Parent peak | Crêt de la Neige |
| Location | |
  La Dôle | |
| Location | Vaud, Switzerland |
| Range | Jura mountains |
| Coordinates | 46°25′30″N 6°05′58″E / 46.42500°N 6.09944°ECoordinates: 46°25′30″N 6°05′58″E / 46.42500°N 6.09944°E |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Jurassic |
La Dôle is a peak in the Jura mountains in Vaud in western Switzerland rising to an altitude of 1677.2 meters. It is the second highest peak in the Swiss Jura, the highest being Mont Tendre.
La Dôle overlooks to south-east the summit of Barillette Peak, the town of Nyon, Lake Geneva and across the lake the Bernese Alps the Chablais Alps and Mont Blanc. To the south are views of the City of Geneva and the Canton of Geneva; to the north the village of Les Rousses. The Dôle massif has a second peak to the northeast, the Pointe de Poêle Chaud, accessible via the col between them which drops to 1557 m.
La Dôle massif is the northwesternmost part of the Swiss Plateau. To the southwest it ends at the Col de la Faucille, and to the northwest at the Valserine valley, a Rhône tributary. To the north it ends at the Col de la Givrine, and towards the southeast merges into the Swiss Plateau.
The northwestern side of La Dôle is equipped with ski-lifts and is traversed by alpine ski paths. There is a restricted-access cable car which provides service to the various electronic facilities on the top, including a ball containing aviation radar, a Swiss weather station, television, radio and EBU telecommunications.
Climate
| Climate data for La Dôle (1981-2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 0.1 (32.2) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
1.6 (34.9) |
4.7 (40.5) |
9.7 (49.5) |
13.2 (55.8) |
15.9 (60.6) |
15.7 (60.3) |
12.1 (53.8) |
8.7 (47.7) |
3.3 (37.9) |
0.9 (33.6) |
7.1 (44.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.6 (27.3) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−1.1 (30) |
1.5 (34.7) |
6.0 (42.8) |
9.3 (48.7) |
11.9 (53.4) |
11.7 (53.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
5.5 (41.9) |
0.5 (32.9) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
3.9 (39) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −5.0 (23) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
3.1 (37.6) |
6.1 (43) |
8.5 (47.3) |
8.7 (47.7) |
5.8 (42.4) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
1.1 (34) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 175 (6.89) |
149 (5.87) |
160 (6.3) |
128 (5.04) |
155 (6.1) |
148 (5.83) |
137 (5.39) |
137 (5.39) |
154 (6.06) |
181 (7.13) |
169 (6.65) |
195 (7.68) |
1,888 (74.33) |
| Snowfall cm (inches) | 107.3 (42.24) |
81.8 (32.2) |
103.3 (40.67) |
60.8 (23.94) |
21 (8.3) |
0.8 (0.31) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.8 (0.31) |
13 (5.1) |
49.8 (19.61) |
91.7 (36.1) |
530.3 (208.78) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.7 | 11.4 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 14.9 | 12.5 | 11.7 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 12.6 | 12.4 | 13.3 | 148.9 |
| Avg. snowy days (≥ 1.0 cm) | 10.4 | 9.2 | 11.1 | 8 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 6.8 | 9.4 | 61.8 |
| % humidity | 74 | 75 | 79 | 81 | 82 | 82 | 80 | 80 | 83 | 79 | 77 | 76 | 79 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 114 | 116 | 137 | 141 | 152 | 178 | 205 | 192 | 161 | 139 | 109 | 99 | 1,744 |
| Source: MeteoSwiss [2] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ Swisstopo maps
- ↑ "Climate Norm Value Tables". Climate diagrams and normals from Swiss measuring stations. Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss). Retrieved 4 February 2013. The weather station elevation is 1,669 meters above sea level.
- This article is based in part on material from the French Wikipedia.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to La Dôle. |
- "La Dôle, Switzerland". Peakbagger.com.;
- "La Dôle: The Jura's answer to the Alps" by Dwight Peck pictures of the peak;
- "La Dôle (1,677 metres) by snowshoe or on foot" by André Rotach United Nations Special No. 646, December 2005;