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Mountain · Catena Togano-Laurasca-Limidario · Canton of Ticino

Gridone

2,188 m7,178 ft

Easiest route: 3.1 km+629 m · about 2 h · T3
Prominence: 1,235 m4,051 ft
Isolation: 14 km
Tonight: -7°CFair · Wind 9 km/h NW

Gridone is a 2,188 m (7,178 ft) mountain in the Catena Togano-Laurasca-Limidario, Canton of Ticino, Italy.

All facts

Elevation: 2,188 m · 7,178 ft
Nearest higher peak: Pilone (2,192 m)
Range: Catena Togano-Laurasca-Limidario
Region: Canton of Ticino, Italy
Coordinates: 46.1235° N, 8.6471° E

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Route

How to get to the top of Gridone

3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

Easiest route: from Road end, 2.6 km SW of Gridone

Distance: 3.1 kmone way
Climb: +629 m−27 m (2,064 ft up)
Time up: about 2 h
Difficulty: T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling

Gridone elevation profile

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Other routes 2

Parking, 2.8 km E of Gridone5.6 km · +1,185 m · about 3.5 h
T3GPX KML
Road end near Bordei5.3 km · +1,368 m · about 3.5 h
T3GPX KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Gridone 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Gridone terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. 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

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Gridone weather

Tonight · Fair · -7°C (19°F) · Wind 9 km/h NW

Gridone forecast for the summit, about 2,188 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,069 m.

Tonight-7°–9 km/h NWBase 2°
Today-7°4°1.2 mm10 km/h NWBase 2 / 11°
Sun-7°1°1.3 mm11 km/h NWBase 2 / 9°
Mon-8°6°–9 km/h NWBase 2 / 12°
Tue-3°7°–5 km/h SEBase 5 / 13°
Wed-2°9°–5 km/h SEBase 6 / 15°
Thu-5°6°–7 km/h SEBase 4 / 13°
Fri-2°4°–5 km/h SBase 5 / 11°
Sat-3°3°0.1 mm5 km/h SBase 4 / 10°
Sun-2°2°1.6 mm5 km/h SBase 5 / 9°

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, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Gridone

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

Nearest hut
Bivacco Giorgio Ielmoni
0.9 km S · +2 more within 2.3 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
2.6 km N
+2 more within 3.1 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Lakeview Cannobio Camping & Resort
6.3 km SE · +2 more within 6.9 km
Directions Map
Nearest caravan site
Cannobio, Casali Masserecci, 7
7.6 km SSE · +1 more within 7.8 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 11

Place	Distance
Bivacco Giorgio IelmoniHut	0.9 km S
Rifugio Al LegnHut	1.6 km E
Bivacco Alpe QuadraHut	2.3 km SW
Parking	2.6 km N
Parking	2.8 km E
Parking	3.1 km ESE
Lakeview Cannobio Camping & ResortCampsite	6.3 km SE
Campeggio PedroCampsite	6.9 km SSE
Camping Residence CampagnaCampsite	6.9 km SSE
Cannobio, Casali Masserecci, 7Caravan site	7.6 km SSE
Area camper CannobioCaravan site	7.8 km SSE

Slope

How steep is the route to Gridone?

The easiest mapped route, 3.1 km from 1,557 m to 2,188 m. Steepest stretch: 31°.

0 km · 1,557 m3.1 km · 2,188 m

0–15°2.0 km
15–30°1.0 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 40 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 81.4%Grassland 14.5%Water 3.7%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.5 km, measured from the Gridone summit.

Summit list 9

1Mottone1,966 m 1.0 km ENE
2Monte Fumadiga2,010 m 1.0 km E
3Pizzo dei Laghetti1,879 m 1.0 km ENE
4Cruit2,085 m 1.1 km SE
5Pizzo Fedora1,907 m 1.3 km ENE
6Testa Fontai1,884 m 1.7 km WSW
7Pizzo Ometto1,846 m 1.9 km NE
8Punta Fronzina1,699 m 2.3 km SSE
9Monte Faierone1,715 m 2.8 km SSE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.5 km; 479 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Common Wall Lizard39
Great Tit36
White Wagtail32
Common Chaffinch31
Eurasian Blackcap30
Barn Swallow29

Where it sits

Where Gridone sits

Ranked in 3

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Monte TamaroPeak · 1,962 m17 km E

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

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Print & wall

JPGGridone satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-24.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXGridone GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

19 m low This 3D map reads 2,169 m at the summit; the official height is 2,188 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 37 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,188 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,169 m	-19 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,151 m	-37 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)
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

Gridone

Easiest route: from Road end, 2.6 km SW of Gridone

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Nearest caravan site

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