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Mont Avril
- Prominence
- 172 m565 ft
- Isolation
- 1.8 km
- Tonight
- -14°CSnow · Wind 10 km/h NW
Mont Avril is a 3,347 m (10,981 ft) mountain in the Pennine Alps, Aosta Valley, Italy.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,347 m · 10,981 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mont Gelé (3,518 m)
- Range
- Pennine Alps
- Region
- Aosta Valley, Italy
- Coordinates
- 45.9149° N, 7.3443° E
Mont Avril 3D map
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Mont Avril 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.
Mont Avril elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Mont Avril weather
Tonight · Snow · -14°C (7°F) · 1.6 mm · Wind 10 km/h NW
Mont Avril forecast for the summit, about 3,347 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,052 m.
- Tonight-14°1.6 mm10 km/h NWBase -6°
- Today-15°-12°10.7 mm9 km/h NWBase -7 / -4°
- Sun-14°-4°14.1 mm11 km/h NWBase -6 / 4°
- Mon-10°-2°–8 km/h NBase -2 / 6°
- Tue-4°2°–5 km/h NBase 3 / 10°
- Wed-9°-2°–4 km/h NBase -2 / 6°
- Thu-9°-1°–3 km/h NBase -1 / 7°
- Fri-10°-2°–6 km/h NWBase -2 / 6°
- Sat-10°-3°1.5 mm6 km/h NBase -2 / 5°
- Sun-11°-4°0.8 mm4 km/h NBase -3 / 3°
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 near Mont Avril
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mont Avril, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Rifugio Franco Chiarella all'Amianthe
Nearest parking
Parcheggio Glassier
Nearest caravan site
Area Sosta Camper Lac Lexert
Nearest campsite
Camping Lac Lexert
All mapped places 10
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Rifugio Franco Chiarella all'AmiantheHut | 3.1 km W |
| Cabane de ChanrionHut | 3.9 km NE |
| Bivacco Regondi-GavazziHut | 4.3 km S |
| Parking | 5.5 km SW |
| Parcheggio GlassierParking | 5.6 km SW |
| Parking | 6.2 km SSW |
| Caravan site | 7.0 km SE |
| Area Sosta Camper Lac LexertCaravan site | 7.0 km SE |
| Camping Lac LexertCampsite | 7.0 km SE |
| Campsite | 7.1 km SE |
Slope
Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 41.8% of the 36 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,994 m low point 2,052 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Mont Avril summit.
Summit list 5
- 1Mont Gelé3,518 m 2.1 km SE
- 2Tête Blanche de By3,418 m 2.3 km W
- 3Les Champignons3,359 m 2.8 km W
- 4Mont de la Balme3,347 m 2.8 km SE
- 5Tour de Boussine3,831 m 2.8 km NNW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 36 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Purple Saxifrage3
- Whorled Lousewort2
- Alpine rock-jasmine2
- Alpine Marmot1
- Common moonwort1
- Moss Campion1
Where Mont Avril sits
- Range
- Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Pennine Alps76
- Region
- Canton of Valais117Switzerland432Italy316Europe2,143
Nearby places
Mont GeléPeak · 3,518 m↑2.1 km SE
Grand CombinPeak · 4,309 m↑4.3 km NW
Mont VélanPeak · 3,720 m↑7.6 km WSW
Valpelline↑9.5 km S
Pigne d'ArollaPeak · 3,779 m↑12 km NE
More in the Pennine Alps 6
Mont Avril downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
11 m low This 3D map reads 3,336 m at the summit; the official height is 3,347 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,347 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 3,336 m | -11 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,327 m | -20 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