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Valle Verzasca

Floor367 m1,204 ft
Depth
1,611 m
Rim
2,103 m
Length
21.9 km
Tonight
-6°CPartly cloudy · Wind 6 km/h NW

Valle Verzasca is up to 1,611 m deep: the rim reaches 2,103 m and the floor 367 m, along 21.9 km.

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Floor
367 m
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Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Valle Verzasca

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.2 km NNE

    +2 more within 0.3 km

  • Nearest hut

    Capanna Bardughè

    3.6 km SE · +2 more within 4.9 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Brione - Gere 2

    5.3 km NW

All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Parking0.2 km NNE
Parking0.3 km NE
Parking0.3 km ENE
Capanna BardughèHut3.6 km SE
Nucleo di OdroHut4.7 km SE
Capanna StarlarescHut4.9 km WNW
Brione - Gere 2Caravan site5.3 km NW
Depth

Depth of Valle Verzasca

Up to 1,611 m deep (typically 1,402 m) along the 21.9 km in view.

05001,0001,5002,0002,5001,611 mrimfloor01021.9 km

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

3D map

Valle Verzasca 3D map

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Topographic map

Valle Verzasca 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 Verzasca elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Valle Verzasca weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -6°C (21°F) · Wind 6 km/h NW

Valle Verzasca forecast for about 2,103 m.

  • Tonight-6°–6 km/h NW
  • Today-4°3°1.4 mm8 km/h N
  • Sun-6°1°2.6 mm11 km/h N
  • Mon-7°8°–11 km/h N
  • Tue-2°9°–8 km/h NW
  • Wed-1°11°–10 km/h N
  • Thu-4°7°–8 km/h NW
  • Fri-7°5°–7 km/h S
  • Sat-8°5°–7 km/h S
  • Sun-1°3°3.9 mm2 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.

Slope

Slope

Share of the 18.7 × 18.7 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°
5.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
23.5%
Steep, 30–45°
54.4%
Cliffs, 45° and over
16.2%
Steeper than 30°
70.6% of the 350 km² view
Relief in view
2,423 m low point 205 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 66.5%Grassland 29.5%Bare rock / sparse 2.3%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 9.3 km of Valle Verzasca.

NESW5 km10 km123456789
Summit list 9
  1. 1Poncione d'Alnasca2,300 m 2.9 km N
  2. 2Pizzo d’Orgnana2,210 m 3.4 km SW
  3. 3Madom da Sgióf2,265 m 3.6 km W
  4. 4Cima di Nimi2,191 m 3.9 km W
  5. 5Pizzi del Rabbioso2,267 m 4.4 km N
  6. 6Cima del Masnee2,203 m 4.6 km WNW
  7. 7Pizzo di Vogorno2,442 m 6.1 km ESE
  8. 8Cima di Bri2,520 m 6.4 km NE
  9. 9Cima Lunga2,488 m 7.5 km NE
Where it sits

Where Valle Verzasca sits

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

Nearby places

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Downloads

Valle Verzasca downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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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)
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
Official website · Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia