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Mont Vélan

3,720 m12,205 ft

Prominence: 648 m2,127 ft
Isolation: 5.5 km
Tonight: -16°CSnow · Wind 10 km/h NW

Mont Vélan is a 3,720 m (12,205 ft) mountain in the Pennine Alps, Canton of Valais, Italy.

All facts

Elevation: 3,720 m · 12,205 ft
Nearest higher peak: Combin de Grafeneire (4,314 m)
Range: Pennine Alps
Region: Canton of Valais, Italy
Coordinates: 45.8915° N, 7.2518° E

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3D map

Mont Vélan 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mont Vélan 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

Mont Vélan elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mont Vélan weather

Tonight · Snow · -16°C (3°F) · 1.2 mm · Wind 10 km/h NW

Mont Vélan forecast for the summit, about 3,720 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,764 m.

Tonight-16°1.2 mm10 km/h NWBase -4°
Today-17°-14°10.7 mm9 km/h NWBase -5 / -3°
Sun-16°-6°14.1 mm11 km/h NWBase -4 / 5°
Mon-12°-4°–8 km/h NBase -1 / 8°
Tue-7°0°–5 km/h NBase 5 / 12°
Wed-12°-4°–4 km/h NBase 0 / 8°
Thu-11°-3°–3 km/h NBase 1 / 9°
Fri-12°-4°–6 km/h NWBase 0 / 8°
Sat-12°-5°1.5 mm6 km/h NBase 0 / 7°
Sun-13°-7°0.8 mm4 km/h NBase -1 / 5°

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.

Slope

Share of the 6.4 × 6.4 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°

10.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

37.2%

Steep, 30–45°

41.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

11.1%

Steeper than 30°: 52.2% of the 41 km² view
Relief in view: 1,955 m low point 1,764 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 33.8%Grassland 29.4%Snow & ice 22.7%Moss & lichen 11.8%Trees 1.8%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.2 km, measured from the Mont Vélan summit.

Summit list 5

1Corni del Velan3,621 m 0.5 km SE
2Tête de Riondet3,484 m 0.8 km E
3Aiguille du Dejeuner3,341 m 0.9 km W
4Aiguille du Vélan3,634 m 1.0 km NW
5Pointe du Capucin3,396 m 1.0 km ENE

Where it sits

Where Mont Vélan sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Grand GolliatPeak · 3,238 m12 km WSW

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Print & wall

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

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,719 m at the summit; the official height is 3,720 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,720 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,719 m	-1 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,718 m	-2 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