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Valchiavenna

Floor197 m646 ft

Depth: 2,011 m
Rim: 2,217 m
Length: 22.2 km
Tonight: -7°CFog · Wind 8 km/h NE

Valchiavenna is up to 2,011 m deep: the rim reaches 2,217 m and the floor 197 m, along 22.2 km.

All facts

Floor: 197 m

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Depth

Depth of Valchiavenna

Up to 2,011 m deep (typically 1,386 m) along the 22.2 km in view.

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

3D map

Valchiavenna 3D map

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Surface

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Valchiavenna 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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Valchiavenna elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Valchiavenna weather

Tonight · Fog · -7°C (19°F) · Wind 8 km/h NE

Valchiavenna forecast for about 2,217 m.

Tonight-7°–8 km/h NE
Today-7°4°–8 km/h N
Sun-7°3°–9 km/h NE
Mon-8°7°–7 km/h N
Tue-2°8°–3 km/h SW
Wed-1°11°–2 km/h SW
Thu-4°6°–3 km/h SW
Fri-3°3°–3 km/h S
Sat-5°4°–5 km/h S
Sun-2°2°4.9 mm2 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 Valchiavenna

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

Nearest parking
0.6 km SW
+2 more within 0.9 km
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Nearest hut
Bivacco Alpe Manco
4.6 km W · +1 more within 5.6 km
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Nearest caravan site
Via al Lido
5.8 km SE
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Nearest campsite
El Ranchero
6.1 km SE
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All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
Parking	0.6 km SW
Parking	0.6 km SW
Parking	0.9 km SSW
Bivacco Alpe MancoHut	4.6 km W
Rifugio "il Biondo"Hut	5.6 km NE
Via al LidoCaravan site	5.8 km SE
El RancheroCampsite	6.1 km SE

Slope

Share of the 18.4 × 18.4 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°

18.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

23.9%

Steep, 30–45°

45.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

12.0%

Steeper than 30°: 57.5% of the 339 km² view
Relief in view: 2,685 m low point 196 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 61.3%Grassland 29.7%Water 3.3%Bare rock / sparse 1.8%Built-up 1.8%Cropland 1.3%Snow & ice 0.5%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 9.2 km of Valchiavenna.

Summit list 9

1Monte Sparavera2,449 m 5.2 km NNE
2Sasso Canale2,411 m 5.3 km WSW
3Pizzo di Prata2,729 m 5.3 km NNE
4Anticima Orientale del Prata2,726 m 5.4 km NE
5Punta Buzzetti2,505 m 5.7 km NE
6Punta di Schiesone SW2,487 m 5.9 km NE
7Punta di Schiesone NE2,483 m 6.1 km NE
8anticima W2,628 m 6.6 km NE
9Corna di Garzonè2,455 m 7.0 km NNE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 9.2 km; 1,215 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Red Deer68
Common Wall Lizard53
Common Buzzard45
Small Heath40
Silver-washed Fritillary40
Mute Swan39

Where it sits

Where Valchiavenna sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Piz CorbetPeak · 3,025 m19 km NNW

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Print & wall

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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 2026-09-27)
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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