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Morne Bois-Pin

2,235m

Chaîne de la Selle

Summit weather

Alex Carroll · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation
2,235m
Relief
1,598mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope
70°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit
NoneSee month by month ↓
Summit
18.3506°N, 72.2311°W

Mountain in Haiti

Morne Bois-Pin is a mountain in the Chaîne de la Selle (Haiti). Its summit stands 2,235 m above sea level.

From the lowest point within 5 km (637 m), it rises 1,598 m. The steepest side is the north face: 39° on average over the first kilometre. In places the ground near the top reaches 70° — terrain for climbers, not walkers.

The nearest town is Kenscoff, 12 km away at 1,466 m: 769 m below the summit.

Read more on Wikipedia

Scores

Morne Bois-Pin 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

3.6/10

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.

  • 0.0/2.50 waymarked routes and 0 path sections nearby
  • 0.0/1.50 huts and shelters
  • 0.8/2769 m of ascent from the valley
  • 1.3/1.5959 m of prominence
  • 1.5/1.512 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
  • 0.0/1via 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

Stay, climb and get there

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Snow

When there is snow on Morne Bois-Pin

In a normal year there is no snow on this mountain, not even at the summit.

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

Morne Bois-Pin, 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 22 °C; on January nights it falls to about 12 °C. Afternoons at the top are above freezing in every month of the average year. In July the 0 °C line climbs to about 6,690 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, February is the driest month (16 mm) and October the wettest (75 mm).

2,000 m4,000 m6,000 mSUMMIT · 2,235 mKENSCOFF · 1,466 mJanuary: 6,130 mFebruary: 6,210 mMarch: 6,250 mApril: 6,390 mMay: 6,410 mJune: 6,530 mJuly: 6,690 mAugust: 6,670 mSeptember: 6,530 mOctober: 6,350 mNovember: 6,230 mDecember: 6,170 mJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
0 °C on an average afternoon 0 °C at dawn the summit
MonthSummit high °CSummit low °CKenscoff high °C0 °C line (m)Rain & snow (mm)Wet daysSun h/day
January2012236,1301948.3
February2012246,2101638.5
March2012246,2502458.8
April2114256,3903768.9
May2115256,4106298.3
June2215256,5304169.2
July2216266,6903859.6
August2216266,6706479.1
September2216256,5304998.6
October2115246,35075107.8
November2014246,2305687.8
December2013246,1702848.3

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 235 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
2,235 m1,290 m0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km10 km12 km14 km16 kmWE
South – north
2,235 m584 m0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km10 km12 km14 km16 kmSN
Steepness by direction
30°N: 39°NNE: 38°NEE: 11°ESE: 8°SES: 8°SSW: 4°SWW: 2°WNW: 36°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 Morne Bois-Pin

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

Morne Bois-Pin 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
  • —cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways
  • —ski areas
  • —waymarked hiking routes
  • —via ferratas
  • —climbing crags and routes
  • —named glaciers
  • —viewpoints
  • —campsites
  • 4hotels, B&Bs and chalets

    The Lodge, Kay Madan Pepe, Rustik, Auberge La Visite

  • 3restaurants and cafés

Towns at the foot

  • Kenscoff12 km · 1,466 m
  • Marigot16 km · 10 m
  • Pétionville19 km · 389 m
  • Cayes-Jacmel22 km · 15 m
  • Belle-Anse22 km · 9 m
  • Delmas23 km · 127 m
  • Port-au-Prince24 km · 27 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

Sommet du Morne La Visite - panoramio
Alex Carroll · CC BY-SA 3.0

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 average202020212122222222212020
2020+0.1+0.5+0.1+1.1+0.8+0.7+0.7−1.1−0.3+0.1−1.7−1.6
2021−0.5−0.5−0.3±0.0+0.6−0.4−1.1−0.7−0.8−1.1−0.5−0.6
2022−0.6+0.1+1.0−0.9+0.3+0.3+0.1+0.3+0.2+0.7+1.6+0.7
2023+0.5+0.9+0.6−0.5+0.7+0.5+1.5+1.5+1.6+1.7+1.6+0.3
2024+0.7−0.2+1.5+1.1+1.2+0.4+0.1+0.6+1.2+0.9−0.8−1.5
2025−0.4+0.7+0.5+0.3+1.0+0.8+0.9+0.8±0.0−1.1−1.1−0.7

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominenceWikidata (Q2797523) · 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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