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Cima della Laurasca · 2,193 m · 7.6 km E

Piedmont

Ossola

Floor1,217 m3,993 ft

Depth: 742 m
Rim: 1,960 m
Length: 2.4 km
Tonight: -6°CFair · Wind 8 km/h N

Ossola is up to 742 m deep: the rim reaches 1,960 m and the floor 1,217 m, along 2.4 km.

All facts

Floor: 1,217 m

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Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Ossola

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

Nearest parking
2.1 km NW
+2 more within 2.4 km
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Nearest hut
Bivacco Pozzolo
1.7 km SSE · +2 more within 2.9 km
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All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Bivacco PozzoloHut	1.7 km SSE
Bivacco Alpe RinaHut	1.8 km E
Parking	2.1 km NW
Parking	2.3 km NW
Parking	2.4 km W
Rifugio Alpe ParpinascaHut	2.9 km NNE

Depth

Depth of Ossola

Up to 742 m deep (typically 410 m) along the 2.4 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.

3D map

Ossola 3D map

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Surface

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Topographic map

Ossola 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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Ossola elevation profile

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Weather

Ossola weather

Tonight · Fair · -6°C (21°F) · Wind 8 km/h N

Ossola forecast for about 1,960 m.

Tonight-6°–8 km/h N
Today-6°4°1.4 mm9 km/h NW
Sun-6°2°2.8 mm11 km/h N
Mon-7°9°–10 km/h N
Tue-5°10°–5 km/h S
Wed-2°13°–7 km/h N
Thu-5°8°–6 km/h S
Fri-3°6°–5 km/h S
Sat-5°5°0.4 mm5 km/h S
Sun-1°3°0.1 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 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°

7.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

20.6%

Steep, 30–45°

58.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

12.8%

Steeper than 30°: 71.7% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view: 2,074 m low point 214 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 72.8%Grassland 25.1%Built-up 1.5%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6 km of Ossola.

Summit list 9

1Pizzo Desen2,071 m 1.0 km NNW
2Testa del Parise2,092 m 1.2 km NNW
3Punta Pozzolo2,081 m 1.3 km NW
4Testa di Menta2,202 m 2.0 km NNE
5Pizzo della Rossola2,087 m 2.6 km SSW
6Pizzo Tignolino2,246 m 2.9 km NNE
7Tignolino di Trontano2,210 m 3.2 km N
8Monte Togano2,301 m 4.1 km NNE
9Pizzo delle Pecore2,018 m 4.1 km SW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 322 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Northern Chamois11
Scotch Argus10
European Common Frog8
Fire Salamander7
Asp7
Silver-washed Fritillary6

Where it sits

Where Ossola sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

SeehornPeak · 2,439 m24 km NW

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Print & wall

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

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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
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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Ossola

Nearest parking

Nearest hut

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