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Canton of Ticino

Valle Maggia

Floor253 m830 ft
Depth
1,828 m
Rim
2,268 m
Length
23.4 km
Tonight
-7°CPartly cloudy · Wind 7 km/h NW

Valle Maggia is up to 1,828 m deep: the rim reaches 2,268 m and the floor 253 m, along 23.4 km.

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Floor
253 m
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Depth

Depth of Valle Maggia

Up to 1,828 m deep (typically 1,500 m) along the 23.4 km in view.

01,0002,0003,0001,828 mrimfloor01023.4 km

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

3D map

Valle Maggia 3D map

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Topographic map

Valle Maggia 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 centre

Valle Maggia elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Valle Maggia weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -7°C (19°F) · Wind 7 km/h NW

Valle Maggia forecast for about 2,268 m.

  • Tonight-7°–7 km/h NW
  • Today-6°1°2.3 mm8 km/h N
  • Sun-7°-1°3.1 mm12 km/h NW
  • Mon-9°7°–11 km/h NW
  • Tue-3°8°–8 km/h NW
  • Wed-2°9°–11 km/h NW
  • Thu-5°6°–8 km/h NW
  • Fri-7°5°–6 km/h SE
  • Sat-8°5°0.1 mm5 km/h SE
  • Sun-2°2°2.7 mm3 km/h SE

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 Valle Maggia

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.2 km N

    +2 more within 0.5 km

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  • Nearest caravan site

    Stellplatz Ronchini

    2.0 km SE

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  • Nearest hut

    Bivacco Alpe Tramone

    3.4 km WSW · +2 more within 5.6 km

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  • Nearest campsite

    TCS Camping Gordevio-Valle Maggia

    4.5 km SE

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All mapped places 8
PlaceDistance
Parking0.2 km N
Parking0.3 km E
Parking0.5 km SE
Stellplatz RonchiniCaravan site2.0 km SE
Bivacco Alpe TramoneHut3.4 km WSW
TCS Camping Gordevio-Valle MaggiaCampsite4.5 km SE
Capanna Alpe CanaaHut5.0 km W
Capanna Alpe MasneeHut5.6 km ENE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 17 × 17 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°
7.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
26.5%
Steep, 30–45°
53.7%
Cliffs, 45° and over
12.2%
Steeper than 30°
65.9% of the 289 km² view
Relief in view
2,407 m low point 221 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 75.6%Grassland 21.1%Bare rock / sparse 1.8%Water 0.6%Built-up 0.5%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 8.5 km of Valle Maggia.

NESW5 km10 km123456789
Summit list 9
  1. 1Pizzo Morisciöi2,065 m 3.6 km NE
  2. 2Monte Madone2,018 m 3.6 km SSW
  3. 3Güi2,187 m 3.8 km W
  4. 4Pizzo Croadino2,038 m 3.9 km NE
  5. 5Pizzo Peloso2,064 m 4.3 km SW
  6. 6Pizzo Dromegio2,232 m 5.6 km NE
  7. 7Poncione Piancascia2,360 m 5.7 km NE
  8. 8Pizzo Costisc2,244 m 5.9 km ENE
  9. 9Cima del Masnee2,203 m 6.7 km ENE
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 8.5 km; 1,278 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Common Wall Lizard102
  • Western Green Lizard59
  • Eurasian Blackbird55
  • Common Chaffinch53
  • Nine-spotted Moth47
  • Jubilee Fan-foot41
Where it sits

Where Valle Maggia sits

Range
Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Lepontine Alps44
Region
Canton of Ticino34Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
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Downloads

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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)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
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
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