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Maurienne

Floor940 m3,084 ft

Depth: 1,907 m
Rim: 2,916 m
Length: 28.9 km
Tonight: -11°CSnow · Wind 15 km/h NW

Maurienne is up to 1,907 m deep: the rim reaches 2,916 m and the floor 940 m, along 28.9 km.

All facts

Floor: 940 m

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Depth

Depth of Maurienne

Up to 1,907 m deep (typically 1,379 m) along the 28.9 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

3D map

Maurienne 3D map

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Surface

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Topographic map

Maurienne 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 centre

Maurienne elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Maurienne weather

Tonight · Snow · -11°C (12°F) · 1.0 mm · Wind 15 km/h NW

Maurienne forecast for about 2,916 m.

Tonight-11°1.0 mm15 km/h NW
Today-11°-8°6.3 mm12 km/h NW
Sun-15°-2°14.4 mm11 km/h W
Mon-10°2°–7 km/h NW
Tue-6°7°–3 km/h NW
Wed-8°3°–3 km/h NW
Thu-7°3°–2 km/h NW
Fri-7°2°–5 km/h NW
Sat-7°1°0.7 mm5 km/h NW
Sun-11°-2°0.2 mm5 km/h W

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 Maurienne

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

Nearest parking
0.1 km WNW
+2 more within 0.2 km
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Nearest campsite
Les Combes
0.7 km SSW
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Nearest hut
Refuge de l'Orgère
3.3 km N · +1 more within 6.1 km
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All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Parking	0.1 km WNW
Parking	0.1 km SE
Parking	0.2 km WNW
Les CombesCampsite	0.7 km SSW
Refuge de l'OrgèreHut	3.3 km N
Chalet de ChantoventHut	6.1 km NE

Slope

Share of the 19.9 × 19.9 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

15.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

43.0%

Steep, 30–45°

35.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

5.9%

Steeper than 30°: 41.2% of the 396 km² view
Relief in view: 2,754 m low point 923 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 29.3%Trees 28.7%Bare rock / sparse 20.8%Snow & ice 10.8%Moss & lichen 8.8%Built-up 1.2%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 10.0 km of Maurienne.

Summit list 6

1Le Rateau d'Aussois3,131 m 1.6 km NW
2Le Petit Rateau3,125 m 1.7 km NW
3La Norma2,918 m 6.8 km S
4Pointe Rénod3,380 m 8.3 km W
5La Belle Plinier3,086 m 8.4 km S
6Cime de Coraïa3,257 m 8.7 km W

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10.0 km; 2,010 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Alpine Marmot183
Alpine Ibex88
Apollo78
Edelweiss61
Large Ringlet57
Fireweed57

Where it sits

Where Maurienne sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Col du TélégraphePass · 1,566 m21 km W

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

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Sources

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
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 · Wikipedia

Maurienne

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