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Val Formazza

Floor896 m2,940 ft

Depth: 1,848 m
Rim: 2,744 m
Length: 12.8 km
Tonight: -9°CPartly cloudy · Wind 6 km/h NW

Val Formazza is up to 1,848 m deep: the rim reaches 2,744 m and the floor 896 m, along 12.8 km.

All facts

Floor: 896 m

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Depth

Depth of Val Formazza

Up to 1,848 m deep (typically 1,356 m) along the 12.8 km in view.

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

3D map

Val Formazza 3D map

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Surface

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Val Formazza 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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Val Formazza elevation profile

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Weather

Val Formazza weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -9°C (16°F) · 0.3 mm · Wind 6 km/h NW

Val Formazza forecast for about 2,744 m.

Tonight-9°0.3 mm6 km/h NW
Today-10°-6°7.7 mm8 km/h NW
Sun-14°-3°9.7 mm9 km/h NW
Mon-14°2°–9 km/h NW
Tue-6°5°–4 km/h N
Wed-7°1°–6 km/h N
Thu-8°2°–3 km/h S
Fri-10°2°–3 km/h N
Sat-10°1°1.2 mm3 km/h NW
Sun-8°-2°3.0 mm5 km/h NW

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 Val Formazza

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

Nearest caravan site
Area Camper Punta Sabbioni
0.6 km W · +1 more within 5.0 km
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Nearest parking
0.8 km WNW
+2 more within 0.9 km
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Nearest campsite
Sagersboden
1.1 km SW · +1 more within 4.2 km
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Nearest hut
Rifugio Miryam
3.0 km W · +2 more within 4.9 km
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All mapped places 10

Place	Distance
Area Camper Punta SabbioniCaravan site	0.6 km W
Parking	0.8 km WNW
Parking	0.9 km SW
Parking	0.9 km SW
SagersbodenCampsite	1.1 km SW
Rifugio MiryamHut	3.0 km W
Camping PinetaCampsite	4.2 km S
Capanna Piano delle CresteHut	4.3 km ENE
Hut	4.9 km NW
Area Sosta Lago MorascoCaravan site	5.0 km NNW

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°

14.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

35.9%

Steep, 30–45°

38.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

11.3%

Steeper than 30°: 49.6% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view: 2,389 m low point 837 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 36.8%Bare rock / sparse 20.9%Trees 19.1%Moss & lichen 12.3%Snow & ice 8.1%Water 2.5%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6 km of Val Formazza.

Summit list 9

1Monte Giove3,009 m 2.8 km SW
2Punta Clogstafel2,967 m 3.1 km WSW
3Corno Maggiore di Nefelgiù2,954 m 3.4 km WNW
4Punta di Tamia3,086 m 4.7 km NE
5Pizzo della Medola2,957 m 4.7 km ENE
6Basòdino3,272 m 5.5 km NE
7Gemelli di Ban cima Nord2,949 m 5.5 km NW
8Pizzo di Cavergno3,223 m 5.6 km NE
9Kastelhorn3,128 m 5.8 km NNE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 630 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

European Common Frog37
Alpine Pasqueflower32
Elder-flowered Orchid28
Purple-edged Copper28
Leafy Spurge Hawkmoth27
Alpine Marmot24

Where it sits

Where Val Formazza sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Pizzo GallinaPeak · 3,061 m13 km N

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Print & wall

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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 2026-07-24)
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)
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