La Barillette
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| height | 1528 m | |
| location | Vaud , Switzerland | |
| Mountains | law | |
| Dominance | 1.17 km → Pointe de Poêle Chaud | |
| Notch height | 64 m ↓ unnamed saddle | |
| Coordinates | 499 118 / 142 980 | |
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La Barillette is a 1528 m high mountain in the Swiss Jura above Nyon . Geographically it belongs to the La Dôle massif, its summit is in front of La Dôle to the east.
It is wooded up to the summit. There is a restaurant below the summit. There used to be a ski lift that opened up the slopes from Saint-Cergue , but today you can see the remains of it because there is only younger vegetation there.
The view from the summit extends to Lake Geneva and the Savoy Alps .
Sports
The area is a popular sports area for mountain hiking, cycling (mountain bikers and racing drivers), as a cycling route for triathlons and for paragliding .
Broadcasting station »La Dôle«
The “La Dôle” transmission system operated by Swisscom is located on the mountain. In addition to radio relay and other services, analogue (VHF) and digital (DAB +) radio programs as well as digital terrestrial TV programs are broadcast from here. The tower, built in 1958, was blown up on May 24, 2018 after 60 years of operation. The 122 meter high transmission tower weighed around 97 tons. Its replacement tower has been in operation since autumn 2017.