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Valle Vigezzo

Floor305 m1,001 ft
Depth
1,294 m
Rim
1,994 m
Length
22.4 km
Tonight
-7°CFair · Wind 10 km/h NW

Valle Vigezzo is up to 1,294 m deep: the rim reaches 1,994 m and the floor 305 m, along 22.4 km.

All facts
Floor
305 m
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Depth

Depth of Valle Vigezzo

Up to 1,294 m deep (typically 950 m) along the 22.4 km in view.

05001,0001,5002,0001,294 mrimfloor01022.4 km

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

3D map

Valle Vigezzo 3D map

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Topographic map

Valle Vigezzo 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 Vigezzo elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Valle Vigezzo weather

Tonight · Fair · -7°C (19°F) · Wind 10 km/h NW

Valle Vigezzo forecast for about 1,994 m.

  • Tonight-7°–10 km/h NW
  • Today-7°4°1.2 mm9 km/h NW
  • Sun-6°2°2.2 mm10 km/h N
  • Mon-7°8°–10 km/h N
  • Tue-4°9°–5 km/h S
  • Wed-2°12°–6 km/h N
  • Thu-5°8°–7 km/h S
  • Fri-2°5°–5 km/h S
  • Sat-4°5°0.2 mm6 km/h S
  • Sun-2°3°0.8 mm5 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 Valle Vigezzo

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

  • Nearest parking

    Piazzale Carlo del Zoppo

    0.1 km N · +2 more within 0.2 km

  • Nearest hut

    Rifugio Blitz

    1.7 km NW · +2 more within 4.4 km

All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking0.0 km SSE
Piazzale Carlo del ZoppoParking0.1 km N
Parking0.2 km N
Rifugio BlitzHut1.7 km NW
Bivacco Alpe PluniHut2.5 km SE
Rifugio Monte VecchioHut4.4 km SE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20.9 × 20.9 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°
7.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
33.8%
Steep, 30–45°
51.9%
Cliffs, 45° and over
6.7%
Steeper than 30°
58.6% of the 437 km² view
Relief in view
2,155 m low point 305 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 76.5%Grassland 21.3%Bare rock / sparse 1.0%Built-up 0.7%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 10.4 km of Valle Vigezzo.

NESW5 km10 km12345678
Summit list 8
  1. 1Cima Trubbio2,062 m 4.2 km NNE
  2. 2Schegge di Muino Cima S2,034 m 4.7 km NNE
  3. 3Schegge di Muino Cima Centrale2,163 m 4.9 km NNE
  4. 4Cima di Ganda Rossa2,043 m 5.5 km NE
  5. 5Cima del Sassone2,085 m 5.6 km NE
  6. 6Pizzo Formalone2,063 m 5.6 km NE
  7. 7Monte Ziccher1,967 m 5.8 km ENE
  8. 8Cresta di Moriming1,995 m 6.1 km NE
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10.4 km; 1,004 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Eurasian Crag-Martin96
  • Eurasian Blackbird84
  • Western House Martin83
  • White Wagtail76
  • Common Chaffinch74
  • Black Redstart73
Where it sits

Where Valle Vigezzo sits

Range
Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Lepontine Alps44
Region
Piedmont18Italy316Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Valle Vigezzo 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 2026-09-27)
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
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia