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Valle Vigezzo
- 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
Depth of Valle Vigezzo
Up to 1,294 m deep (typically 950 m) along the 22.4 km in view.
Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.
Valle Vigezzo 3D map
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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.
Valle Vigezzo elevation profile
West → east through the centre
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 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
Nearest hut
Rifugio Blitz
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.0 km SSE |
| Piazzale Carlo del ZoppoParking | 0.1 km N |
| Parking | 0.2 km N |
| Rifugio BlitzHut | 1.7 km NW |
| Bivacco Alpe PluniHut | 2.5 km SE |
| Rifugio Monte VecchioHut | 4.4 km SE |
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.
- Steeper than 30°
- 58.6% of the 437 km² view
- Relief in view
- 2,155 m low point 305 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 10.4 km of Valle Vigezzo.
Summit list 8
- 1Cima Trubbio2,062 m 4.2 km NNE
- 2Schegge di Muino Cima S2,034 m 4.7 km NNE
- 3Schegge di Muino Cima Centrale2,163 m 4.9 km NNE
- 4Cima di Ganda Rossa2,043 m 5.5 km NE
- 5Cima del Sassone2,085 m 5.6 km NE
- 6Pizzo Formalone2,063 m 5.6 km NE
- 7Monte Ziccher1,967 m 5.8 km ENE
- 8Cresta di Moriming1,995 m 6.1 km NE
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 Valle Vigezzo sits
- Range
- Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Lepontine Alps44
Nearby places
Ossola↑12 km WSW
Centovalli↑14 km E
GridonePeak · 2,188 m↑14 km E
Valle Onsernone↑16 km ENE
Lake Maggiore193 m↑20 km ESE
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- Terrain
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- Imagery
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- 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
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- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)