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Tête de Ferret

2,714 m8,904 ft

Prominence: 189 m621 ft
Isolation: 1.1 km
Tonight: -10°CSnow · Wind 8 km/h NW

Tête de Ferret is a 2,714 m (8,904 ft) mountain in the Pennine Alps, Aosta Valley, Italy.

All facts

Elevation: 2,714 m · 8,904 ft
Nearest higher peak: Pointe Allobrogia (3,172 m)
Range: Pennine Alps
Region: Aosta Valley, Italy
Coordinates: 45.8949° N, 7.0765° E

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3D map

Tête de Ferret 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Tête de Ferret 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

Tête de Ferret elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Tête de Ferret weather

Tonight · Snow · -10°C (14°F) · 1.3 mm · Wind 8 km/h NW

Tête de Ferret forecast for the summit, about 2,714 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,638 m.

Tonight-10°1.3 mm8 km/h NWBase -4°
Today-12°-8°11.6 mm9 km/h NWBase -5 / -1°
Sun-10°0°22.6 mm9 km/h NWBase -4 / 6°
Mon-6°2°–6 km/h NWBase 0 / 9°
Tue-2°6°–5 km/h NWBase 5 / 13°
Wed-6°1°–4 km/h NWBase 1 / 8°
Thu-6°3°–3 km/h NBase 1 / 9°
Fri-6°1°–4 km/h NBase 0 / 8°
Sat-6°0°4.4 mm5 km/h NWBase 0 / 7°
Sun-7°-2°1.7 mm4 km/h NWBase 0 / 5°

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 Tête de Ferret

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

Nearest hut
Rifugio Elena
1.4 km SW · +2 more within 2.8 km
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Nearest parking
2.9 km SW
+2 more within 3.2 km
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Nearest campsite
Camping des Glaciers
4.6 km NNE
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All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
Rifugio ElenaHut	1.4 km SW
Bivacco FiorioHut	1.5 km WNW
Rifugio Cesare DalmazziHut	2.8 km W
Parking	2.9 km SW
Parking	3.0 km SW
Parking	3.2 km SW
Camping des GlaciersCampsite	4.6 km NNE

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 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°

39.2%

Steep, 30–45°

39.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

8.5%

Steeper than 30°: 47.5% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 2,112 m low point 1,638 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 45.2%Bare rock / sparse 19.0%Snow & ice 16.8%Moss & lichen 11.1%Trees 7.6%

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 Tête de Ferret summit.

Summit list 5

1Pointe Allobrogia3,171 m 1.9 km NNW
2Petit Grépillon3,355 m 2.4 km NNW
3Agroniettes Ovest2,858 m 2.8 km SSE
4Aiguille Rouge de Triolet3,289 m 2.8 km W
5Aiguille des Angroniettes2,885 m 2.9 km SSE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 210 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Alpine Marmot16
Purple Gentian15
Martagon Lily12
Alpine Pasqueflower11
Field gentian10
Bavarian gentian8

Where it sits

Where Tête de Ferret sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Aiguille du TourPeak · 3,540 m12 km NNW

Tête de Ferret downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGTête de Ferret 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?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,707 m at the summit; the official height is 2,714 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,714 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,707 m	-7 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,697 m	-17 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

Tête de Ferret

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

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