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Mountain · Catena Basodino-Cristallina-Biela · Canton of Ticino

Basòdino

3,272 m10,735 ft
Prominence
963 m3,160 ft
Isolation
11 km
Tonight
-12°CPartly cloudy · Wind 6 km/h NW

Basòdino is a 3,272 m (10,735 ft) mountain in the Catena Basodino-Cristallina-Biela, Canton of Ticino, Italy.

All facts
Elevation
3,272 m · 10,735 ft
Nearest higher peak
Siedel Rothorn (3,289 m)
Range
Catena Basodino-Cristallina-Biela
Region
Canton of Ticino, Italy
Coordinates
46.4110° N, 8.4685° E
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3D map

Basòdino 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Basòdino 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.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Basòdino elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Basòdino weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -12°C (10°F) · Wind 6 km/h NW

Basòdino forecast for the summit, about 3,272 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,132 m.

  • Tonight-12°–6 km/h NWBase 1°
  • Today-13°-8°5.6 mm8 km/h NBase 0 / 5°
  • Sun-17°-7°7.1 mm12 km/h NWBase -4 / 6°
  • Mon-17°-1°–10 km/h NWBase -4 / 12°
  • Tue-9°2°–5 km/h NBase 3 / 15°
  • Wed-9°-2°–6 km/h NBase 4 / 11°
  • Thu-11°-1°–3 km/h NWBase 1 / 12°
  • Fri-13°-1°–4 km/h NBase 0 / 12°
  • Sat-12°-2°0.8 mm6 km/h NBase 0 / 11°
  • Sun-10°-5°2.8 mm4 km/h NWBase 3 / 8°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Basòdino

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

  • Nearest hut

    Capanna Piano delle Creste

    2.6 km SSE · +2 more within 4.7 km

  • Nearest parking

    4.1 km WNW

    +2 more within 4.1 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Area Camper Punta Sabbioni

    4.5 km SW · +1 more within 4.9 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Sagersboden

    5.3 km SW · +1 more within 7.9 km

All mapped places 10
PlaceDistance
Capanna Piano delle CresteHut2.6 km SSE
Parking4.1 km WNW
Parking4.1 km WNW
Parking4.1 km WNW
Rifugio Maria LuisaHut4.1 km NW
Area Camper Punta SabbioniCaravan site4.5 km SW
Capanna Basodino CASHut4.7 km NE
Area Sosta Lago MorascoCaravan site4.9 km WNW
SagersbodenCampsite5.3 km SW
Camping PinetaCampsite7.9 km SSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 7.8 × 7.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
17.3%
Moderate, 15–30°
40.9%
Steep, 30–45°
31.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
10.7%
Steeper than 30°
41.7% of the 61 km² view
Relief in view
2,094 m low point 1,132 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 35.8%Bare rock / sparse 24.3%Trees 13.2%Moss & lichen 12.5%Snow & ice 11.2%Water 2.6%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.9 km, measured from the Basòdino summit.

NESW2 km5 km123456789
Summit list 9
  1. 1Pizzo di Cavergno3,223 m 0.6 km NNW
  2. 2Punta di Tamia3,086 m 0.8 km SSW
  3. 3Kastelhorn3,128 m 1.5 km NNW
  4. 4Pizzo della Medola2,957 m 1.7 km S
  5. 5Pizzo Calba2,805 m 2.8 km SSW
  6. 6Pizzo Fiorina SüdGipfel2,885 m 3.5 km N
  7. 7Pizzo Fiorina2,925 m 3.7 km N
  8. 8Pizzo Fiorèra2,921 m 3.8 km S
  9. 9Pizzo dei Matörgn2,904 m 3.9 km N
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.9 km; 263 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • European Common Frog20
  • Alpine Pasqueflower12
  • Cynthia's Fritillary12
  • Marsh Fritillary12
  • Alpine Marmot11
  • Elder-flowered Orchid9
Where it sits

Where Basòdino sits

Range
Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Lepontine Alps44Ticino Alps4
Region
Canton of Ticino34Switzerland432Italy316Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Ticino Alps 3
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Downloads

Basòdino downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

46 m low This 3D map reads 3,226 m at the summit; the official height is 3,272 m.Official 3,272 m90 m model 3,220 mThis map 3,226 m

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 52 m.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)3,272 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)3,226 m-46 m
Copernicus GLO-903,220 m-52 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)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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