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Tarentaise Valley

Floor583 m1,913 ft

Depth: 1,740 m
Rim: 2,366 m
Length: 21.4 km
Tonight: -8°CSnow · Wind 8 km/h NW

Tarentaise Valley is up to 1,740 m deep: the rim reaches 2,366 m and the floor 583 m, along 21.4 km.

All facts

Floor: 583 m

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3D map

Tarentaise Valley 3D map

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Surface

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Topographic map

Tarentaise Valley topographic map

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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Tarentaise Valley elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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

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Depth

Depth of Tarentaise Valley

Up to 1,740 m deep (typically 1,107 m) along the 21.4 km in view.

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

Weather

Tarentaise Valley weather

Tonight · Snow · -8°C (18°F) · 2.6 mm · Wind 8 km/h NW

Tarentaise Valley forecast for about 2,366 m.

Tonight-8°2.6 mm8 km/h NW
Today-7°-5°11.6 mm6 km/h W
Sun-11°0°21.3 mm9 km/h NW
Mon-10°5°–5 km/h E
Tue-4°9°–4 km/h E
Wed-6°5°–3 km/h NW
Thu-6°7°–3 km/h E
Fri-5°6°–4 km/h NW
Sat-5°4°1.8 mm4 km/h NW
Sun-6°-1°2.9 mm4 km/h NE

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 Tarentaise Valley

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

Nearest parking
0.5 km NW
+2 more within 0.5 km
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Nearest campsite
Camping La Glière
3.6 km W · +2 more within 5.1 km
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Nearest caravan site
Plagne Villages
5.9 km SSE
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All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
Parking	0.5 km NW
Parking	0.5 km NW
Parking	0.5 km N
Camping La GlièreCampsite	3.6 km W
Le BioleyCampsite	3.7 km NNE
Camping du rocher de GlaisyCampsite	5.1 km SW
Plagne VillagesCaravan site	5.9 km SSE

Slope

Share of the 15.4 × 15.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

20.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

51.7%

Steep, 30–45°

25.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.8%

Steeper than 30°: 27.4% of the 237 km² view
Relief in view: 2,487 m low point 569 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 47.6%Grassland 45.9%Built-up 2.6%Moss & lichen 1.7%Bare rock / sparse 1.3%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 7.7 km of Tarentaise Valley.

Summit list 9

1Mont Saint-Jacques2,407 m 5.2 km SSE
2Dos Rond2,340 m 5.5 km SE
3Tête des Arpettes2,385 m 5.6 km SE
4Pointe de Combe Bénite2,575 m 5.6 km NW
5Roche de Corne Noire2,461 m 6.3 km NW
6Montagne de l'Arc2,488 m 6.7 km SSE
7Dos des Frasses2,279 m 6.9 km S
8Tête du Jarset2,271 m 7.0 km SSW
9Rocher du Grand Lognan2,487 m 7.4 km SSE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 7.7 km; 1,076 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Fireweed28
Marbled White25
Great Yellow Gentian18
Bearded Bellflower17
Scarce Copper17
Leafy Spurge Hawkmoth16

Where it sits

Where Tarentaise Valley sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Grande MottePeak · 3,653 m23 km SE

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
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia

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