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Valpelline

Floor1,164 m3,819 ft

Depth: 987 m
Rim: 2,152 m
Length: 3.9 km
Tonight: -5°CLight snow showers · Wind 9 km/h SW

Valpelline is up to 987 m deep: the rim reaches 2,152 m and the floor 1,164 m, along 3.9 km.

All facts

Floor: 1,164 m

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Depth

Depth of Valpelline

Up to 987 m deep (typically 777 m) along the 3.9 km in view.

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

3D map

Valpelline 3D map

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Surface

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Valpelline 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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Valpelline elevation profile

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Weather

Valpelline weather

Tonight · Light snow showers · -5°C (23°F) · 1.0 mm · Wind 9 km/h SW

Valpelline forecast for about 2,152 m.

Tonight-5°1.0 mm9 km/h SW
Today-5°2°4.2 mm8 km/h SW
Sun-4°3°12.8 mm10 km/h NW
Mon-2°11°–8 km/h NW
Tue3°13°–1 km/h SW
Wed0°12°–4 km/h W
Thu0°10°–3 km/h S
Fri0°11°–4 km/h W
Sat-1°10°0.2 mm4 km/h W
Sun-4°5°1.9 mm5 km/h SW

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 Valpelline

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

Nearest parking
0.3 km WSW
+2 more within 0.4 km
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Nearest campsite
Gran Combin
0.5 km S
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Nearest hut
Dortoir Alpe Baravex
4.4 km W · +2 more within 4.9 km
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All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
Parking	0.3 km WSW
Parking	0.4 km SSE
Parking	0.4 km SSW
Gran CombinCampsite	0.5 km S
Dortoir Alpe BaravexHut	4.4 km W
Bivacco Penne NereHut	4.7 km SE
Hut	4.9 km ENE

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 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°

8.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

33.8%

Steep, 30–45°

49.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

8.8%

Steeper than 30°: 58.0% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view: 2,564 m low point 652 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 49.2%Grassland 31.1%Bare rock / sparse 14.5%Moss & lichen 3.9%Snow & ice 0.7%Built-up 0.6%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 272 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

European Common Frog15
Apollo12
Northern Chamois10
Common Wall Lizard6
Marbled White5
Western Roe Deer4

Where it sits

Where Valpelline sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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JPGValpelline satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-24.

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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)
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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