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Its Prominence is 730 m.



Severe weather conditions are sometimes recorded:

  • Maximum Temperature : 28.2 °C in 1947;

  • Minimum Temperature : -28 °C in 1956;

  • Maximum wind speed : 335 km/h on November 6th 1966;

  • Maximum rain in 24 hours: 607 mm from 6 pm on 30th to 6 pm on October 31st 1963;

  • Maximum snow during one year : 10.24 metres;

  • Frozen days: 144;

  • High temperature days (> 25 °C) : 0;

  • Rain days: 170;

  • High wind days (> 16 m/s) : 265;

  • Fog days: 241;

  • Days with snow: 116.


It is also the place in France where rain is the heaviest.



When the sky is clear, it is possible to see the Mediterranean Sea , the Pyrenees , but also the Alps and Mont Blanc in particular.