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Monte San Salvatore

912 m2,992 ft

Easiest route: 1.8 km+296 m · about 1 h · T2
Prominence: 599 m1,965 ft
Isolation: 3.0 km
Tonight: 3°CFog · Wind 8 km/h NE

Monte San Salvatore is a 912 m (2,992 ft) mountain in the Catena Gino-Camoghè-Fiorina, Canton of Ticino, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 912 m · 2,992 ft
Nearest higher peak: Sighignola (1,314 m)
Range: Catena Gino-Camoghè-Fiorina
Region: Canton of Ticino, Switzerland
Spanish name: San Salvatore
Coordinates: 45.9768° N, 8.9476° E

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Route

How to get to the top of Monte San Salvatore

2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

Easiest route: from Road end near Ciona

Distance: 1.8 kmone way
Climb: +296 m−17 m (971 ft up)
Time up: about 1 h
Difficulty: T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed

Monte San Salvatore elevation profile

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Other routes 1

Parking, 0.8 km N of Monte San Salvatore2.3 km · +470 m · about 1.5 h
T2GPX KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Monte San Salvatore 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Monte San Salvatore terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Ciona. 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 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Monte San Salvatore weather

Tonight · Fog · 3°C (37°F) · Wind 8 km/h NE

Monte San Salvatore forecast for the summit, about 912 m.

Tonight3°–8 km/h NE
Today2°12°0.1 mm11 km/h N
Sun3°11°–12 km/h NE
Mon3°12°–8 km/h NE
Tue2°14°–5 km/h SW
Wed4°15°–5 km/h SW
Thu4°14°–4 km/h S
Fri4°11°–5 km/h NE
Sat4°11°–5 km/h SW
Sun5°10°1.0 mm5 km/h SW

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.

Slope

How steep is the route to Monte San Salvatore?

The easiest mapped route, 1.8 km from 627 m to 912 m. Steepest stretch: 45°.

0 km · 627 m1.8 km · 912 m

0–15°1.4 km
15–30°0.3 km
30–45°0.1 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 30 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 50.5%Water 30.3%Built-up 12.7%Grassland 6.2%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.2 km; 458 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Mute Swan88
Mallard83
Common Coot60
Italian Sparrow54
Great Crested Grebe51
Common Wall Lizard47

Where it sits

Where Monte San Salvatore sits

Ranked in 2

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Valle di Muggio11 km SE

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Downloads

Monte San Salvatore downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMonte San Salvatore satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-27.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXMonte San Salvatore GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 913 m at the summit; the official height is 912 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	912 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	913 m	+1 m
Copernicus GLO-90	893 m	-19 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)
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