La Dôle
Mountain in Switzerland
title: "La Dôle" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountains-of-switzerland", "mountains-of-vaud", "mountains-of-the-jura", "one-thousanders-of-switzerland"] description: "Mountain in Switzerland" topic_path: "geography/switzerland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Dôle" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Mountain in Switzerland ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox mountain"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | La Dôle |
| photo | Dole.jpg |
| photo_size | 285 |
| elevation_m | 1677 |
| prominence_m | 357 |
| prominence_ref | |
| isolation_km | 13.9 |
| isolation_ref | |
| parent_peak | Crêt de la Neige |
| map | Switzerland |
| map_caption | Location in Switzerland |
| location | Vaud, Switzerland |
| range | Jura mountains |
| coordinates | |
| age | Jurassic |
| :: |
| name = La Dôle | photo = Dole.jpg | photo_size = 285 | photo_caption = | elevation_m = 1677 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 357 | prominence_ref = | isolation_km = 13.9 | isolation_ref = | parent_peak = Crêt de la Neige | map = Switzerland | map_caption = Location in Switzerland | location = Vaud, Switzerland | range = Jura mountains | coordinates = | range_coordinates = | topo = | type = | age = Jurassic | first_ascent = | easiest_route =
La Dôle () is a mountain of the Jura, overlooking Lake Geneva in the westernmost part of the canton of Vaud. Rising to an altitude of 1677 meters, it is the second highest peak in the Swiss portion of the Jura, after Mont Tendre. Administratively, the summit is split between the municipalities of Gingins, Chéserex and La Rippe. The mountain is also close to and easily accessible from Saint-Cergue and the Col de la Givrine to the north, both above 1000 meters and connected to Nyon on Lake Geneva by road and by the Nyon–St-Cergue–Morez Railway. A paved road also climbs to the Chalet de la Dôle below the summit (1439 m) from Gingins.
La Dôle overlooks to south-east the summit of La Barillette, the town of Nyon, Lake Geneva and across the lake the Alps, including the Bernese Alps the Chablais Alps and the Mont Blanc massif. 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
Due to its altitude and exposed location La Dôle features a subarctic climate (Dfc) according to the Köppen climate classification, with cool summers and relatively long and snowy winters. Precipitation is spread out evenly throughout the year and with 1,845 mm it is quite high. Winter storms are common and its exposed location contribute to a high annual average wind speed of 8.0 m/s. |location = La Dôle, elevation 1670 m, (1991–2020) |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes | Jan high C = 0.2 | Feb high C = -0.1 | Mar high C = 2.4 | Apr high C = 5.9 | May high C = 10.2 | Jun high C = 14.0 | Jul high C = 16.2 | Aug high C = 16.2 | Sep high C = 12.2 | Oct high C = 8.7 | Nov high C = 3.7 | Dec high C = 1.1 | year high C = 7.6 | Jan mean C = -2.4 | Feb mean C = -2.8 | Mar mean C = -0.5 | Apr mean C = 2.4 | May mean C = 6.4 | Jun mean C = 10.1 | Jul mean C = 12.1 | Aug mean C = 12.3 | Sep mean C = 8.6 | Oct mean C = 5.5 | Nov mean C = 0.9 | Dec mean C = -1.5 | year mean C = 4.3 | Jan low C = -4.8 | Feb low C = -5.4 | Mar low C = -3.1 | Apr low C = -0.6 | May low C = 3.2 | Jun low C = 6.7 | Jul low C = 8.7 | Aug low C = 9.1 | Sep low C = 5.8 | Oct low C = 2.9 | Nov low C = -1.5 | Dec low C = -4.0 | year low C = 1.4 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 167.9 |Feb precipitation mm = 137.1 |Mar precipitation mm = 144.5 |Apr precipitation mm = 121.6 |May precipitation mm = 148.9 |Jun precipitation mm = 144.2 |Jul precipitation mm = 148.1 |Aug precipitation mm = 136.6 |Sep precipitation mm = 145.9 |Oct precipitation mm = 171.4 |Nov precipitation mm = 171.0 |Dec precipitation mm = 207.7 |year precipitation mm = 1844.9 | Jan snow cm = 107.3 | Feb snow cm = 81.8 | Mar snow cm = 103.3 | Apr snow cm = 60.8 | May snow cm = 21.0 | Jun snow cm = 0.8 | Jul snow cm = 0.0 | Aug snow cm = 0.0 | Sep snow cm = 0.8 | Oct snow cm = 13.0 | Nov snow cm = 49.8 | Dec snow cm = 91.7 | year snow cm = 530.3 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 12.4 | Feb precipitation days = 11.5 | Mar precipitation days = 12.0 | Apr precipitation days = 11.9 | May precipitation days = 14.2 | Jun precipitation days = 12.4 | Jul precipitation days = 12.0 | Aug precipitation days = 11.1 | Sep precipitation days = 10.8 | Oct precipitation days = 12.4 | Nov precipitation days = 12.8 | Dec precipitation days = 13.8 | year precipitation days = 147.3 |unit snow days = 1.0 cm | Jan snow days = 10.4 | Feb snow days = 9.2 | Mar snow days = 11.1 | Apr snow days = 8.0 | May snow days = 3.2 | Jun snow days = 0.3 | Jul snow days = 0.0 | Aug snow days = 0.0 | Sep snow days = 0.3 | Oct snow days = 3.1 | Nov snow days = 6.8 | Dec snow days = 9.4 | year snow days = 61.8 | Jan humidity = 76 | Feb humidity = 76 | Mar humidity = 78 | Apr humidity = 79 | May humidity = 82 | Jun humidity = 82 | Jul humidity = 80 | Aug humidity = 80 | Sep humidity = 83 | Oct humidity = 80 | Nov humidity = 79 | Dec humidity = 76 | year humidity = 79 |Jan sun = 110.8 |Feb sun = 118.0 |Mar sun = 153.9 |Apr sun = 157.1 |May sun = 166.0 |Jun sun = 189.3 |Jul sun = 210.6 |Aug sun = 201.0 |Sep sun = 162.1 |Oct sun = 140.6 |Nov sun = 103.3 |Dec sun = 94.6 |year sun = 1807.3 | Jan percentsun = 40 | Feb percentsun = 40 | Mar percentsun = 42 | Apr percentsun = 40 | May percentsun = 38 | Jun percentsun = 43 | Jul percentsun = 47 | Aug percentsun = 48 | Sep percentsun = 45 | Oct percentsun = 42 | Nov percentsun = 37 | Dec percentsun = 36 | year percentsun = 42 | source 1 = NOAA{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241211104429/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/5.5/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Switzerland/CSV/LaDole_06702.csv | archive-date = 11 December 2024 | url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/5.5/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Switzerland/CSV/LaDole_06702.csv | title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020 | work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020) | publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | access-date = 11 December 2024}} |source 2 = MeteoSwiss (snow 1981–2010){{cite web | url = https://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/product/output/climate-data/climate-diagrams-normal-values-station-processing/DOL/climsheet_DOL_np9120_e.pdf | title = Climate Normals La Dôle (Reference period 1991−2020) | publisher = Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, MeteoSwiss | format = PDF | access-date = 29 January 2022}}{{cite web |url=http://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/web/en/climate/swiss_climate/tabellen.html |title=Climate Norm Value Tables |work=Climate diagrams and normals from Swiss measuring stations |publisher=Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss) |accessdate=4 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514205349/http://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/web/en/climate/swiss_climate/tabellen.html |archivedate=14 May 2013}} The weather station elevation is 1,669 meters above sea level. |date=August 2010
Media
File:Radar La Dole.jpg|Radar on the summit File:La Dôle Panorama.jpg|Panorama from the summit's perspective overlooking Geneva. File:La-Dôle-aerial-10.jpg|Aerial view
References
References
- Retrieved from the [[Swisstopo]] topographic maps. The key col is the [[Col de la Faucille]] (1,320 m).
- Retrieved from [[Google Earth]]. The nearest point of higher elevation is northeast of the [[Colomby de Gex]].
- [[Swisstopo]]
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