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Spot de Alpage de Pointet (Mt Gond)

Alpage de Pointet (Mt Gond) snowkite spot

Switzerland · Valais

46.29 | 7.30

2000m

Overview

Nice area with gentle slopes and steeper sections. Likely possibility to climb up to Croix de Lachia (pass between Mt Gond and Fava) if conditions allow. Easy access with skins via the unmaintained road.
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Alpage de Pointet (Mt Gond): when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

The season runs from March to April, peaking in April: 3 rideable days a month and 16 hours of usable wind, at 4 °C. The low point is January, at 0 days.

Rideable days per month

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Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 96% 13-20 knots · 4%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 96% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 0 °C. The wettest month is January, with 154 mm. Snow depth peaks in March, at 150 cm. Bar height is the month's rideable days; the split shows how its wind hours break down by strength.

Monthly averages — Alpage de Pointet (Mt Gond) — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 0.0 0 h 0 °C 154 mm
February 0.0 0 h 2 °C 69 mm
March 2.5 10 h 2 °C 65 mm
April 3.5 16 h 6 °C 61 mm
May 0.5 1 h 9 °C 120 mm
June 0.0 0 h 16 °C 122 mm
July 0.0 0 h 16 °C 151 mm
August 0.0 0 h 18 °C 91 mm
September 0.0 0 h 11 °C 118 mm
October 0.0 0 h 8 °C 129 mm
November 0.0 0 h 3 °C 119 mm
December 0.0 0 h 1 °C 101 mm
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Technical details of Alpage de Pointet (Mt Gond) spot

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Spot functioning
You climb up the road using climbing skins, expect about 1h30 of access time in mid-winter.
Spot opening date

Open all year round

Spot type

Freeride (Ski touring access)

Altitude: 2000m

Parking
Park near the restaurant at Le Coppet or try to drive to Mayens de Mi, then put on your skins as soon as the road is no longer cleared.
Hazards
Avalanche danger when venturing higher up.
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