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Monte Generoso
- Easiest route
- 0.6 km+90 m · about 0.5 h · T1
- Prominence
- 1,305 m4,281 ft
- Tonight
- -1°CFog · Wind 11 km/h N
Monte Generoso is a 1,701 m (5,581 ft) mountain in the Tremezzo-Generoso-Gordona, Canton of Ticino, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,701 m · 5,581 ft
- Range
- Tremezzo-Generoso-Gordona
- Region
- Canton of Ticino, Switzerland
- Coordinates
- 45.9299° N, 9.0199° E
How to get to the top of Monte Generoso
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 0.2 km SSW of Monte Generoso
- Distance
- 0.6 kmone way
- Climb
- +90 m−24 m (295 ft up)
- Time up
- about 0.5 h
- Difficulty
- T1Easy trail, trainers are fine
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Monte Generoso 3D map
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Monte Generoso terrain and contours
50 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.
West → east through the summit
Monte Generoso weather
Tonight · Fog · -1°C (30°F) · Wind 11 km/h N
Monte Generoso forecast for the summit, about 1,701 m.
- Tonight-1°–11 km/h N
- Today-2°7°–13 km/h N
- Sun-1°6°–12 km/h N
- Mon-1°7°–7 km/h N
- Tue0°8°–4 km/h S
- Wed1°10°–4 km/h S
- Thu1°9°–8 km/h SE
- Fri1°7°0.2 mm3 km/h SW
- Sat2°6°0.1 mm5 km/h S
- Sun2°4°1.1 mm5 km/h S
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 near Monte Generoso
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Monte Generoso, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.8 km SE
Nearest trailhead
1.9 km WNW
Nearest campsite
Camping Paradiso Lago
Nearest hut
Rifugio Prabello
All mapped places 10
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.8 km SE |
| Trailhead | 1.9 km WNW |
| Parking | 2.2 km E |
| Parking | 2.5 km W |
| Camping Paradiso LagoCampsite | 3.2 km WSW |
| Monte GenerosoCampsite | 3.3 km W |
| Rifugio PrabelloHut | 4.5 km ESE |
| Camping ai Colli FioritiCampsite | 5.3 km NE |
| Capanna La PianaHut | 5.4 km SSW |
| Rifugio Alpe CavianoHut | 5.9 km S |
How steep is the route to Monte Generoso?
The easiest mapped route, 0.6 km from 1,598 m to 1,701 m. Steepest stretch: 50°.
- 0–15°0.4 km
- 15–30°0.2 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 10 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
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 4.6 km, measured from the Monte Generoso summit.
Summit list 8
- 1Cima di Sassalto1,614 m 0.5 km SW
- 2Motto di Cima1,581 m 0.7 km SW
- 3Sasso Bianco1,644 m 0.7 km NNE
- 4Cima della Piancaccia1,611 m 0.9 km N
- 5Cima dei Torrioni1,488 m 1.3 km NNW
- 6Cima Crocetta1,391 m 1.7 km NNW
- 7Cima Boll1,390 m 2.5 km NNE
- 8Pizzo della Croce1,491 m 2.9 km ENE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.6 km; 662 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common Wall Lizard26
- Green Hellebore18
- Scotch Argus18
- Apollo17
- European beech15
- Fringed Pink14
Where Monte Generoso sits
- Range
- Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Lugano Prealps11Comasche Prealps7
- Region
- Canton of Ticino34Switzerland432Italy316Europe2,143
Nearby places
Valle di Muggio↑3.9 km SSE
Monte San GiorgioPeak · 1,097 m↑5.7 km WSW
Monte San SalvatorePeak · 912 m↑7.7 km NW
Lake Lugano271 m↑8.0 km N
Monte BrèPeak · 925 m↑9.2 km NNW
More in the Comasche Prealps 3
Monte Generoso downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
31 m low This 3D map reads 1,670 m at the summit; the official height is 1,701 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 40 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,701 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,670 m | -31 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,661 m | -40 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 2026-09-27)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, 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
- Official website · Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia