La Dôle is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually highe ...

of the Jura, overlooking

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in the westernmost part of the canton of

Vaud Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms b ...

. Rising to an altitude of 1677 meters, it is the second highest peak in the Swiss portion of the Jura, after

Mont Tendre Mont Tendre is a mountain of the Jura, located between the valley of Joux and the basin of Lake Geneva in the canton of Vaud. With an elevation of 1,679 metres above sea level, it is the highest summit of the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountain ...

. 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 Col de la Givrine (el. 1228 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Jura Mountains in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, near the border with France. It connects Nyon in Switzerland and Morez in France. The maximum grade of the pass road is 8 percent ...

to the north, both above 1000 meters and connected to

Nyon Nyon (; outdated German: or ; outdated Italian: , ) is a municipality in Nyon District in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located some 25 kilometers north east of Geneva's city centre, and since the 1970s it has become part of the Ge ...

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. Swisstopo La Dôle overlooks to south-east the summit of La Barillette, the town of Nyon, Lake Geneva and across the lake the

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, including the

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the

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and the

Mont Blanc massif The Mont Blanc massif (french: Massif du Mont-Blanc; it, Massiccio del Monte Bianco) is a mountain range in the Alps, located mostly in France and Italy, but also straddling Switzerland at its northeastern end. It contains eleven major indepen ...

. To the south are views of the City of Geneva and the

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; to the north the village of

Les Rousses Les Rousses () is a commune in the Canton of Hauts de Bienne of Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France, on the Swiss border. The Lac des Rousses is located northeast of the village of Les Rousses beside the r ...

. 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 The Swiss Plateau or Central Plateau (german: Schweizer Mittelland; french: plateau suisse; it, altopiano svizzero) is one of the three major landscapes in Switzerland, lying between the Jura Mountains and the Swiss Alps. It covers about 30% of ...

. To the southwest it ends at the Col de la Faucille, and to the northwest at the Valserine valley, a

Rhône The Rhône ( , ; wae, Rotten ; frp, Rôno ; oc, Ròse ) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Ar ...

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

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, with cool summers and relatively long and snowy winters. Precipitation is spread out evenly throughout the year and with 1,845 mm quite high. Winter storms are common and its exposed location contribute to a high annual average wind speed of 8.0 m/s.

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

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''.

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* ;
"La Dôle: The Jura's answer to the Alps" by Dwight Peck
pictures of the peak;

{{DEFAULTSORT:La Dole Mountains of Switzerland Mountains of the canton of Vaud Mountains of the Jura

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