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Ossau Valley

Floor494 m1,621 ft

Depth: 1,524 m
Rim: 2,337 m
Length: 10.1 km
Tonight: -2°CSnow · Wind 12 km/h N

Ossau Valley is up to 1,524 m deep: the rim reaches 2,337 m and the floor 494 m, along 10.1 km.

All facts

Floor: 494 m

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Depth

Depth of Ossau Valley

Up to 1,524 m deep (typically 1,277 m) along the 10.1 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

3D map

Ossau Valley 3D map

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Surface

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Ossau Valley 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.

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Ossau Valley elevation profile

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Weather

Ossau Valley weather

Tonight · Snow · -2°C (28°F) · 0.6 mm · Wind 12 km/h N

Ossau Valley forecast for about 2,337 m.

Tonight-2°0.6 mm12 km/h N
Today-2°5°–8 km/h NE
Sun1°6°10.4 mm15 km/h NW
Mon2°12°–11 km/h S
Tue2°12°1.2 mm8 km/h S
Wed1°7°0.4 mm6 km/h N
Thu0°12°–4 km/h SE
Fri2°10°–7 km/h N
Sat1°7°2.9 mm9 km/h N
Sun-2°4°0.1 mm5 km/h N

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

Camping & parking near Ossau Valley

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Ossau Valley, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.1 km SW
+2 more within 0.2 km
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Nearest campsite
Camping des Gaves
0.1 km WNW · +2 more within 0.4 km
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Nearest caravan site
Parking du Centre - Laruns
0.9 km NW · +1 more within 1.2 km
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Nearest hut
Cabane de Pan
2.0 km WSW · +2 more within 2.9 km
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All mapped places 11

Place	Distance
Parking	0.1 km SW
Parking	0.1 km SSW
Camping des GavesCampsite	0.1 km WNW
Parking	0.2 km SW
Camping du Pont LauguèreCampsite	0.4 km SW
Camping du ValentinCampsite	0.4 km SSE
Parking du Centre - LarunsCaravan site	0.9 km NW
Aire Laruns, Le BourgCaravan site	1.2 km WNW
Cabane de PanHut	2.0 km WSW
Cabane Laga de BaigtHut	2.7 km SSE
Cabane de Laga de HautHut	2.9 km SSE

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

13.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

38.8%

Steep, 30–45°

39.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

8.2%

Steeper than 30°: 47.9% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view: 2,103 m low point 475 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 54.0%Grassland 43.5%Bare rock / sparse 2.1%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6 km of Ossau Valley.

Summit list 7

1Pic de Gourzy1,917 m 2.6 km E
2Montcouges2,244 m 4.2 km E
3Pambassibé2,378 m 4.8 km ESE
4Aiguille2,302 m 4.9 km ESE
5Aucupat2,341 m 5.3 km ESE
6Capéran Sud de Ger2,295 m 5.8 km ESE
7Aiguilles des Quintètes1,978 m 6.0 km E

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 517 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Eurasian Griffon24
Common Wall Lizard20
Red Kite12
Welsh Poppy12
Large-flowered Butterwort11
Pyrenean Eryngo10

Where it sits

Where Ossau Valley sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

BalaïtousPeak · 3,144 m17 km SE

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Sources

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 2026-09-24)
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
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)
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