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Viso
- Prominence
- 2,058 m6,752 ft
- Isolation
- 60 km
- Tonight
- -14°CFog · Wind 20 km/h W
Viso is a 3,841 m (12,602 ft) mountain in the Gruppo del Monviso, Piedmont, Italy.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,841 m · 12,602 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Becca di Moncorvè (3,875 m)
- Range
- Gruppo del Monviso
- Region
- Piedmont, Italy
- Protected area
- Monviso Natural Park
- Spanish name
- Monviso
- Coordinates
- 44.6671° N, 7.0890° E
Viso 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 12.2 × 12.2 km
Viso topographic map
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.
Viso elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Viso downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Viso weather
Tonight · Fog · -14°C (7°F) · Wind 20 km/h W
Viso forecast for the summit, about 3,841 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,255 m.
- Tonight-14°–20 km/h WBase 2°
- Today-14°-7°–18 km/h NWBase 2 / 9°
- Sun-12°-2°0.2 mm16 km/h WBase 4 / 14°
- Mon-11°0°–8 km/h WBase 4 / 15°
- Tue-7°2°–4 km/h EBase 9 / 17°
- Wed-9°1°–6 km/h EBase 6 / 16°
- Thu-10°-3°–5 km/h EBase 6 / 13°
- Fri-11°-4°0.1 mm5 km/h EBase 4 / 12°
- Sat-11°-5°0.2 mm5 km/h WBase 5 / 10°
- Sun-11°-4°1.3 mm4 km/h WBase 5 / 11°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Viso
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Viso, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Rifugio Quintino Sella
Nearest caravan site
Area Sosta Camper Rifugio Pian della Regina
Nearest parking
Piazzale Pian della Regina
Nearest campsite
5.4 km NNW
All mapped places 12
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Rifugio Quintino SellaHut | 1.6 km E |
| Rifugio VallantaHut | 1.9 km W |
| Bivacco Boarelli alle ForciollineHut | 1.9 km S |
| Parking | 3.8 km N |
| Parking | 3.8 km N |
| Area Sosta Camper Rifugio Pian della ReginaCaravan site | 4.3 km NNE |
| Piazzale Pian della ReginaParking | 4.4 km NNE |
| Campsite | 5.4 km NNW |
| Area Camper CrissoloCaravan site | 6.6 km ENE |
| Camping Montano Luigi BergeraCampsite | 7.0 km SW |
| Area Camper LibacCaravan site | 7.0 km SW |
| Campeggio LibacCampsite | 7.1 km SW |
Slope
Share of the 12.2 × 12.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 40.3% of the 149 km² view
- Relief in view
- 2,492 m low point 1,255 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 6.1 km, measured from the Viso summit.
Summit list 8
- 1Cadreghe di Viso3,190 m 0.8 km N
- 2Punta Fiume3,393 m 0.9 km S
- 3Punta Barracco3,241 m 1.0 km SE
- 4Visolotto3,348 m 1.0 km NNW
- 5Punta Corsica3,443 m 1.0 km SSW
- 6Punta Caprera3,380 m 1.4 km SSW
- 7Punta Gastaldi3,214 m 1.8 km NNW
- 8Aiguillette3,298 m 5.8 km WNW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.1 km; 843 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Lanza's Alpine Salamander809
- European Common Frog120
- Alpine Ibex79
- Alpine Marmot51
- Peacock-eye Pink49
- Apollo48
Where Viso sits
- Range
- Alps751Western Alps353Southwestern Alps44Cottian Alps16Monte Viso Alps6
Nearby places
Col de la TraversettePass · 2,947 m↑5.2 km NNW
Col AgnelPass · 2,744 m↑8.9 km WNW
Valle Po↑16 km E
Colle FaunieraPass · 2,481 m↑31 km S
Col d'IzoardPass · 2,361 m↑33 km WNW
More in the Monte Viso Alps 2
How accurate is this?
94 m low This 3D map reads 3,747 m at the summit; the official height is 3,841 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 104 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,841 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 3,747 m | -94 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,737 m | -104 m |
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 2026-09-20)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, 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 · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia