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Val Poschiavo

Floor1,935 m6,348 ft

Depth: 130 m
Rim: 2,065 m
Length: 1.5 km
Tonight: -9°CLight snow showers · Wind 9 km/h NW

Val Poschiavo is up to 130 m deep: the rim reaches 2,065 m and the floor 1,935 m, along 1.5 km.

All facts

Floor: 1,935 m

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Val Poschiavo terrain and contours

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Val Poschiavo elevation profile

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Weather

Val Poschiavo weather

Tonight · Light snow showers · -9°C (16°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 9 km/h NW

Val Poschiavo forecast for about 2,065 m.

Tonight-9°0.2 mm9 km/h NW
Today-9°0°0.5 mm8 km/h N
Sun-6°1°–9 km/h N
Mon-5°7°–7 km/h N
Tue1°11°–5 km/h N
Wed0°10°–5 km/h N
Thu-5°7°0.1 mm4 km/h NW
Fri-2°6°–3 km/h S
Sat-3°6°0.1 mm3 km/h N
Sun-3°2°1.8 mm4 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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Val Poschiavo

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

Nearest campsite
Camping Boomerang
0.3 km SE · +1 more within 2.2 km
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Nearest parking
0.6 km N
+2 more within 1.3 km
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Nearest caravan site
Stellplatz Lago di Poschiavo
2.5 km SE
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Nearest hut
3.5 km E
+2 more within 6.6 km
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Camping BoomerangCampsite	0.3 km SE
Parking	0.6 km N
Parking	1.0 km ESE
Parking	1.3 km N
Camping CavrescCampsite	2.2 km SE
Stellplatz Lago di PoschiavoCaravan site	2.5 km SE
Hut	3.5 km E
Bivacco Malghera m.2319Hut	5.2 km ENE
Alpe Piano delle SolereHut	6.6 km SW

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°

13.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

35.4%

Steep, 30–45°

43.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

6.9%

Steeper than 30°: 50.7% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view: 2,289 m low point 717 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 44.2%Grassland 36.0%Moss & lichen 8.1%Bare rock / sparse 8.1%Water 1.4%Snow & ice 1.0%Built-up 0.9%

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 Poschiavo.

Summit list 5

1Piz di Sassiglion2,855 m 2.3 km NE
2Sassalb2,844 m 2.8 km NNE
3Cima di Rosso2,856 m 3.7 km NNE
4Piz Sena3,075 m 5.1 km NNE
5Monte Saline2,805 m 5.6 km SW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 557 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Nine-spotted Moth16
Marbled White12
Yellow Foxglove11
Silver-washed Fritillary11
Common Wall Lizard10
Apollo10

Where it sits

Where Val Poschiavo sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Print & wall

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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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