La Dôle

Infobox Mountain
Name= La Dôle
Photo= Radar La Dole.jpg
Caption= Radar on La Dôle peak 2006
Elevation= 5,502 feet (1,677.2 metres)
Location=Vaud, Switzerland
Range=Jura mountains
Prominence =
Coordinates=coord|46|26|N|6|6|E|type:mountain_region:CH-VD|display=inline,title
Topographic

Type = | Age =Jurassic
First ascent = | Easiest route =

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 Alps of Upper Savoy, of which Mont Blanc is the highest. 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.

References

::"This article is based in part on material from the French Wikipedia".

External links

* [http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=9639 "La Dôle, Switzerland" "Peakbagger"] ;
* [http://www.dpeck.info/mts/dole1.htm "La Dôle: The Jura's answer to the Alps" by Dwight Peck] pictures of the peak;
* [http://www.unspecial.org/UNS646/t72en.html "La Dôle (1,677 metres) by snowshoe or on foot" by André Rotach "United Nations Special" No. 646, December 2005] ;