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Mont Agel

1,148m

Nice Prealps

Summit weather

Alexander Migl · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation
1,148m
Prominence
210m
Relief
1,148mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope
43°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit
OccasionalSee month by month ↓
Summit
43.7772°N, 7.4233°E

Mountain

Mont Agel is a mountain in the Nice Prealps (Monaco). Its summit stands 1,148 m above sea level. Its prominence — how far it rises above the highest saddle linking it to a taller summit — is 210 m.

From the lowest point within 5 km (0 m), it rises 1,148 m. The steepest side is the north-east face: 30° on average over the first kilometre. In places the ground near the top reaches 43° — terrain for climbers, not walkers.

The nearest town is Gorbio, 2 km away at 360 m: 788 m below the summit.

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Scores

Mont Agel for skiers and climbers

Two scores out of 10, built only from open data — every part is shown. They describe what the mountain offers, not how safe it is.

Hiking & mountaineering

6.5/10

Difficulty to the top

Alpine climb

Estimated from the slope: OpenStreetMap has no graded paths near the top.

Indicative only — never a safety assessment. Conditions change: ask local guides and check the forecast.

  • 2.5/2.528 waymarked routes and 59 path sections nearby
  • 0.0/1.50 huts and shelters
  • 0.8/2788 m of ascent from the valley
  • 1.0/1.5210 m of prominence
  • 1.5/1.512 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
  • 0.7/1via ferratas, climbing and glaciers

Ski score

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No ski runs within 12 km in OpenStreetMap.

How these scores are made

Ski (where OpenStreetMap has skiing within 12 km): up to 4 points for the length of downhill runs (300 km or more = 4), 1.5 for the number of lifts (40+), 1.5 for the vertical between lift stations (1,500 m) and 3 for the snow season — a month counts when the estimated mean temperature at the height of the ski area is −1 °C or lower and snow falls or lies there (NASA POWER, 2001–2020). Hiking & mountaineering: up to 2.5 for waymarked routes and paths, 1.5 for huts, 2 for the ascent from the valley (2,000 m), 1.5 for prominence (3,000 m), 1.5 for the season (months with summit afternoons above −5 °C) and 1 for via ferratas, climbing and glaciers. OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: where few things are mapped, a score can be lower than reality.

Plan your visit

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Snow

When there is snow on Mont Agel

At the summit, occasional snow from December to February. Month by month below, at different heights on the way up.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Summit1,148 moccasional snow from December to February
Snow some of the timeSnow some of the timeNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowSnow some of the time
Gorbio360 mno snow
No snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snow
  • Snow on the ground all month
  • Snow some of the time
  • No snow
  • This month

Estimate for a normal year: average temperature and precipitation from NASA POWER, carried to each height, in a simple model of snow building up and melting. In a given year snow can come earlier or stay longer. It does not replace the local snow and avalanche bulletin.

Summit weather

Mont Agel, month by month

Not a forecast: long-term averages (1991–2020), carried up to the summit. The orange line is where an average afternoon reaches 0 °C; above the dashed blue line it freezes even at dawn.

On an average July afternoon the summit reaches about 25 °C; on February nights it falls to about -3 °C. Afternoons at the top are above freezing in every month of the average year. In July the 0 °C line climbs to about 5,010 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, July is the driest month (28 mm) and November the wettest (120 mm).

0 m1,000 m2,000 m3,000 m4,000 m5,000 mSUMMIT · 1,148 mGORBIO · 360 mJanuary: 1,700 mFebruary: 1,840 mMarch: 2,440 mApril: 3,030 mMay: 3,670 mJune: 4,500 mJuly: 5,010 mAugust: 4,970 mSeptember: 4,180 mOctober: 3,380 mNovember: 2,460 mDecember: 1,840 mJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
0 °C on an average afternoon 0 °C at dawn the summit
MonthSummit high °CSummit low °CGorbio high °C0 °C line (m)Rain & snow (mm)Wet daysSun h/day
January4-391,7005274.5
February4-3101,8405165.0
March80142,4406175.7
April123173,03063106.1
May167223,67063107.1
June2212274,5004288.8
July2514305,0102869.8
August2514304,9703078.8
September2010254,1805287.0
October146203,38084105.0
November81142,460120113.7
December4-2101,8407784.0

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 842 m), adjusted to the summit by −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Rain, wet days and sunshine are those of the region. Mountain weather changes fast — always check a local forecast. ★ = mildest months at the top.

Relief

The mountain in profile

Two cuts through the summit, 16 km long, from the 30 m Copernicus elevation model. Heights drawn 2× taller than lengths, so the shape can be seen.

West – east
1,148 m0 m0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km10 km12 km14 km16 kmWE
South – north
1,148 m0 m0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km10 km12 km14 km16 kmSN
Steepness by direction
30°N: 14°NNE: 30°NEE: 19°ESE: 14°SES: 11°SSW: 12°SWW: 20°WNW: 15°NW

Average slope of the first kilometre from the summit. The orange petal is the steepest side.

Around the mountain

Huts, lifts and trails around Mont Agel

Counted around the summit in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. The satellite plate shows 14 × 14 km.

Mont Agel seen from above (Sentinel-2) N 5 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 14 × 14 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

  • —mountain huts and shelters
  • 1cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways
  • —ski areas
  • 28waymarked hiking routes

    Via Alpina Red R161, Via Aurelia, Roquebrune - Mandelieu, Via Alpina Red R160, Chemin de Nietzsche and 24 more

  • 12via ferratas

    Via Ferrata L'Escale: Passerelle, Via Ferrata L'Escale: Échappatoire, Via ferrata L'Escale, Via Ferrata L'Escale: Dalle de la Morgelle and 8 more

  • 26climbing crags and routes

    Baus Roux, Les Surplombs, Castillon Secteur La Traduction, La Loubière and 22 more

  • —named glaciers
  • 99viewpoints

    Tête de Chien, Mont Bastide, web-cam, Col de Verroux and 95 more

  • 6campsites

    La Ferme Saint-Bernard, Camping de la Laune, La Ferme Riola, Centre EEDF Les Restanques and 2 more

  • 117hotels, B&Bs and chalets

    Metropole, Capitole, Villa Boeri, Ibis Styles and 113 more

  • 405restaurants and cafés

How hard are the paths?

59 path sections within 5 km, by SAC hiking scale (T1 easy walk … T6 difficult alpine).

T1T2
  • T1 hiking
  • T2 mountain hiking

Towns at the foot

  • Gorbio2 km · 360 m
  • Saint-Roman3 km · 59 m
  • La Rousse3 km · — m
  • Larvotto4 km · — m
  • Beausoleil4 km · 48 m
  • Peille4 km · 649 m
  • Mareterra4 km · — m
  • La Turbie4 km · 285 m

OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: a low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. Places © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Photos

Seen by climbers and visitors

20210505 142918 Vue sur le Mont Agel
Horizon06 · CC BY-SA 4.0
20210602 Vue sur le Mont Agel depuis le port Hercule de Monaco
Horizon06 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Recent years

How each month compared at the summit

Afternoon high at the summit (estimate). The first row is the reference, the 1991–2020 average in °C; the years show only the difference.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
1991–2020 average4481216222525201484
2020+1.5+4.1−0.3+0.7+0.9−2.2−0.1+1.0+0.6−1.4+1.5−0.7
2021−1.7+2.3+0.4−1.7−0.4+1.1+0.3+0.8+1.4−0.2−0.6+1.8
2022+2.6+3.7−0.3+0.7+3.5+4.3+3.0+0.2+0.7+3.8+2.1+1.5
2023+1.4+2.2+3.3+1.7−0.2−0.3+2.3+2.1+2.4+3.7+1.7+2.9
2024+2.6+4.5+1.3+0.9−0.5−0.9+1.5+2.3−0.8+1.0+2.0+2.0
2025+2.0+2.2+0.3+0.6+0.4+3.8+0.3+0.8+1.2+1.0+0.9+1.6

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominenceWikidata (Q1517182) · CC0
Relief, 3D view, profilesCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020 · CC BY 4.0
Around the mountain© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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