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Mountain · Mont Blanc massif · Aosta Valley

Aiguille de Bionnassay

4,052 m13,294 ft
Prominence
176 m577 ft
Isolation
1.1 km
Tonight
-18°CHeavy snow · Wind 9 km/h W

Aiguille de Bionnassay is a 4,052 m (13,294 ft) mountain in the Mont Blanc massif, Aosta Valley, Italy.

All facts
Elevation
4,052 m · 13,294 ft
Nearest higher peak
Dôme du Goûter (4,304 m)
Range
Mont Blanc massif
Region
Aosta Valley, Italy
Protected area
Mont Blanc - site d'exception
Coordinates
45.8360° N, 6.8190° E
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3D map

Aiguille de Bionnassay 3D map

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Surface
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Topographic map

Aiguille de Bionnassay terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

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Aiguille de Bionnassay elevation profile

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Weather

Aiguille de Bionnassay weather

Tonight · Heavy snow · -18°C (0°F) · 6.2 mm · Wind 9 km/h W

Aiguille de Bionnassay forecast for the summit, about 4,052 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,637 m.

  • Tonight-18°6.2 mm9 km/h WBase -4°
  • Today-19°-16°17.2 mm8 km/h SEBase -4 / -1°
  • Sun-22°-9°16.6 mm10 km/h NWBase -8 / 6°
  • Mon-15°-6°–4 km/h WBase 0 / 9°
  • Tue-11°-2°–3 km/h WBase 4 / 12°
  • Wed-13°-7°–4 km/h NWBase 1 / 7°
  • Thu-13°-6°–3 km/h WBase 1 / 9°
  • Fri-15°-7°–3 km/h NWBase 0 / 7°
  • Sat-15°-8°2.2 mm3 km/h NWBase -1 / 6°
  • Sun-20°-11°2.6 mm5 km/h EBase -5 / 4°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Aiguille de Bionnassay

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Aiguille de Bionnassay, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest hut

    Refuge Durier

    1.3 km SSW · +2 more within 1.9 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Camping de Tête Rousse

    2.2 km N · +2 more within 6.6 km

  • Nearest parking

    4.7 km W

    +2 more within 5.8 km

All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Refuge DurierHut1.3 km SSW
Refuge de Plan GlacierHut1.8 km WSW
Refuge du GoûterHut1.9 km NNE
Camping de Tête RousseCampsite2.2 km N
Aire de bivouac tolérée de MiageCampsite4.6 km W
Parking4.7 km W
Parking5.7 km NNW
Parking5.8 km NW
Campsite6.6 km NNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°
7.8%
Moderate, 15–30°
26.7%
Steep, 30–45°
40.6%
Cliffs, 45° and over
24.8%
Steeper than 30°
65.4% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view
2,931 m low point 1,637 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 64.4%Bare rock / sparse 24.2%Grassland 4.8%Moss & lichen 3.9%Trees 1.9%Water 0.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Aiguille de Bionnassay summit.

NESW1 km3 km123456789
Summit list 9
  1. 1Piton des Italiens4,002 m 0.9 km E
  2. 2Tour des Aiguilles Grise3,825 m 0.9 km SE
  3. 3Aiguille du Goûter3,863 m 1.9 km NNE
  4. 4Dôme du Goûter4,304 m 2.0 km ENE
  5. 5Pointe Bayeux4,258 m 2.2 km ENE
  6. 6Pointe Pfann3,984 m 2.3 km ESE
  7. 7Grande Bosse4,513 m 2.8 km E
  8. 8Petite Bosse4,547 m 2.9 km E
  9. 9Pointe Bravais4,057 m 3.0 km NE
Where it sits

Where Aiguille de Bionnassay sits

Range
Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Graian Alps31Northern Graian Alps20Mont Blanc Alps19Mont Blanc massif19
Region
Italy316France176Europe2,143
Protected area
Mont Blanc - site d'exception7
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Aiguille de Bionnassay downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

19 m low This 3D map reads 4,033 m at the summit; the official height is 4,052 m.Official 4,052 m90 m model 4,005 mThis map 4,033 m

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 47 m.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)4,052 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)4,033 m-19 m
Copernicus GLO-904,005 m-47 m

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-24)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Accuracy comparison, Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia