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Monte Leone
- Prominence
- 1,139 m3,735 ft
- Isolation
- 11 km
- Tonight
- -15°CSnow · Wind 9 km/h NW
Monte Leone is a 3,553 m (11,657 ft) mountain in the Lepontine Alps, Piedmont, Italy.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,553 m · 11,657 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Senggchuppa (3,607 m)
- Range
- Lepontine Alps
- Region
- Piedmont, Italy
- Protected area
- Alpe Veglia and Alpe Devero Natural Park
- Coordinates
- 46.2496° N, 8.1107° E
Monte Leone 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8.6 × 8.6 km
Monte Leone 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.
Monte Leone elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Monte Leone weather
Tonight · Snow · -15°C (5°F) · 0.9 mm · Wind 9 km/h NW
Monte Leone forecast for the summit, about 3,553 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,323 m.
- Tonight-15°0.9 mm9 km/h NWBase -2°
- Today-15°-9°6.2 mm10 km/h WBase -2 / 4°
- Sun-18°-7°10.4 mm9 km/h WBase -5 / 6°
- Mon-16°-2°–9 km/h WBase -3 / 11°
- Tue-9°0°–5 km/h WBase 4 / 14°
- Wed-12°-1°–5 km/h WBase 1 / 12°
- Thu-12°-2°–3 km/h SEBase 2 / 11°
- Fri-12°-2°–3 km/h WBase 1 / 12°
- Sat-13°-3°2.4 mm4 km/h WBase 1 / 11°
- Sun-11°-6°1.1 mm3 km/h WBase 3 / 8°
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, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Monte Leone
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Monte Leone, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Monte Leone-Hütte
Nearest parking
Parcheggio Ponte Campo
Nearest campsite
Ponte Campo Scout Camping Area
Nearest caravan site
Stellplatz Simplonpass
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Monte Leone-HütteHut | 2.6 km WNW |
| Rifugio Citta Di AronaHut | 4.0 km NE |
| Parcheggio Ponte CampoParking | 4.5 km E |
| Parking | 4.7 km W |
| Parking | 4.8 km W |
| Ponte Campo Scout Camping AreaCampsite | 4.8 km E |
| BortelhüttenHut | 5.1 km NNW |
| Stellplatz SimplonpassCaravan site | 6.2 km W |
| Caravan site | 7.2 km SW |
Slope
Share of the 8.6 × 8.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 45.0% of the 74 km² view
- Relief in view
- 2,207 m low point 1,323 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 4.3 km, measured from the Monte Leone summit.
Summit list 6
- 1Pizzo Fnè2,933 m 2.3 km SSE
- 2Breithorn3,438 m 2.4 km WSW
- 3Wasenhorn3,246 m 2.7 km NW
- 4Maderhorn cima N-E2,946 m 3.2 km WNW
- 5Punta di Aurona2,984 m 3.4 km N
- 6Chesselhorn2,981 m 4.2 km SSW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.3 km; 343 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- European Common Frog15
- Leafy Spurge Hawkmoth12
- Mount Cenis Bellflower12
- Mountain Burnet11
- Scarce Copper10
- Alpine Toadflax9
Where Monte Leone sits
- Range
- Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Lepontine Alps44
- Region
- Switzerland432Piedmont18Italy316Europe2,143
Nearby places
HübschhornPeak · 3,192 m↑4.5 km WSW
Simplon Pass2,006 m↑6.1 km W
SeehornPeak · 2,439 m↑7.5 km S
HelsenhornPeak · 3,272 m↑8.8 km NE
GlishornPeak · 2,525 m↑9.9 km WNW
More in the Lepontine Alps 6
Monte Leone downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
23 m low This 3D map reads 3,530 m at the summit; the official height is 3,553 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 45 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,553 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 3,530 m | -23 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,508 m | -45 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