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Sosto

2,221 m7,287 ft

Prominence: 523 m1,715 ft
Isolation: 1.8 km
Tonight: -5°CPartly cloudy · Wind 5 km/h NE

Sosto is a 2,221 m (7,287 ft) mountain in the Adula Massif, Canton of Ticino, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,221 m · 7,287 ft
Nearest higher peak: Torrone di Nav (2,832 m)
Range: Adula Massif
Region: Canton of Ticino, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.5482° N, 8.9521° E

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3D map

Sosto 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Sosto 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.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Sosto elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Sosto weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -5°C (23°F) · Wind 5 km/h NE

Sosto forecast for the summit, about 2,221 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 861 m.

Tonight-5°–5 km/h NEBase 3°
Today-6°-2°2.9 mm12 km/h SBase 2 / 6°
Sun-8°-1°3.4 mm14 km/h SBase 1 / 7°
Mon-7°4°–9 km/h NEBase 1 / 13°
Tue-1°9°–6 km/h NBase 7 / 17°
Wed-1°6°–8 km/h NBase 7 / 14°
Thu-3°6°–5 km/h NEBase 5 / 14°
Fri-3°6°–4 km/h NEBase 5 / 14°
Sat-3°4°0.1 mm6 km/h NBase 5 / 12°
Sun-2°1°2.8 mm3 km/h SBase 6 / 9°

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

Share of the 6 × 6 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°

15.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

25.9%

Steep, 30–45°

45.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

13.5%

Steeper than 30°: 58.7% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,760 m low point 861 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 52.4%Grassland 38.0%Water 3.8%Bare rock / sparse 2.8%Moss & lichen 1.3%Built-up 1.2%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Sosto summit.

Summit list 3

1Stanga2,426 m 2.2 km E
2Pizzo Rossetto2,097 m 2.5 km W
3Cima Sgiu2,375 m 2.7 km SSE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 517 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Small Tortoiseshell15
Red Admiral13
Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth12
Silver-washed Fritillary12
Scotch Argus10
Large Wall Brown8

Where it sits

Where Sosto sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Pizzo ErraPeak · 2,417 m13 km SSW

Sosto downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGSosto satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-24.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

32 m low This 3D map reads 2,189 m at the summit; the official height is 2,221 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 38 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,221 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,189 m	-32 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,183 m	-38 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)
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