Mountain·Italy

Monte Emilius

3,559m

Gran Paradiso massif

Francofranco56 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation: 3,559m
Prominence: 735m
Isolation: 13km
Relief: 2,711mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope: 66°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit: All yearSee month by month ↓
First ascent: 1836
Summit: 45.6786°N, 7.3842°E

Mountain in Italy

Monte Emilius is a mountain in the Gran Paradiso massif (Italy). Its summit stands 3,559 m above sea level. Its prominence — how far it rises above the highest saddle linking it to a taller summit — is 735 m, and the nearest higher ground is 13 km away. It was first climbed in 1836.

From the lowest point within 5 km (848 m), it rises 2,711 m. The steepest side is the north face: 44° on average over the first kilometre. In places the ground near the top reaches 66° — terrain for climbers, not walkers.

The nearest town is Pollein, 6 km away at 551 m: 3,008 m below the summit.

Monte Emilius for skiers and climbers

Two scores out of 10, built only from open data — every part is shown. They describe what the mountain offers, not how safe it is.

Hiking & mountaineering

9.7/10

Difficulty to the top

Mountain walk

Most path sections around the top are T3 on the SAC hiking scale. Glaciers around the top.

Indicative only — never a safety assessment. Conditions change: ask local guides and check the forecast.

2.5/2.563 waymarked routes and 234 path sections nearby
1.5/1.57 huts and shelters
2.0/23,008 m of ascent from the valley
1.2/1.5735 m of prominence
1.5/1.57 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
1.0/1via ferratas, climbing and glaciers

Ski score

6.9/10

2.9/465 km of downhill runs
0.8/1.521 ski lifts
0.2/1.5202 m between the lowest and highest lift station
3.0/36 months of snow at about 1,699 m

Runs by difficulty

Easy 10 km
Intermediate 45 km
Difficult 10 km

Snow season on the slopes (estimate)

Around 1,699 m, in the middle of the ski area: snow from November to April.

Snow on the ground all month
Snow some of the time
No snow
This month

21 lifts · lift stations from 1,598 to 1,800 m · 24 km cross-country

How these scores are made

Ski (where OpenStreetMap has skiing within 12 km): up to 4 points for the length of downhill runs (300 km or more = 4), 1.5 for the number of lifts (40+), 1.5 for the vertical between lift stations (1,500 m) and 3 for the snow season — a month counts when the estimated mean temperature at the height of the ski area is −1 °C or lower and snow falls or lies there (NASA POWER, 2001–2020). Hiking & mountaineering: up to 2.5 for waymarked routes and paths, 1.5 for huts, 2 for the ascent from the valley (2,000 m), 1.5 for prominence (3,000 m), 1.5 for the season (months with summit afternoons above −5 °C) and 1 for via ferratas, climbing and glaciers. OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: where few things are mapped, a score can be lower than reality.

Plan your visit

Stay, climb and get there

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Snow

When there is snow on Monte Emilius

At the summit, snow all year round. Month by month below, at different heights on the way up.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Summit3,559 msnow all year round	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month
Halfway up2,055 msnow from November to May	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month
Pollein551 mno snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow

Snow on the ground all month
Snow some of the time
No snow
This month

Estimate for a normal year: average temperature and precipitation from NASA POWER, carried to each height, in a simple model of snow building up and melting. In a given year snow can come earlier or stay longer. It does not replace the local snow and avalanche bulletin.

Summit weather

Monte Emilius, month by month

Not a forecast: long-term averages (1991–2020), carried up to the summit. The orange line is where an average afternoon reaches 0 °C; above the dashed blue line it freezes even at dawn.

On an average July afternoon the summit reaches about 8 °C; on January nights it falls to about -22 °C. In 7 months of the year it stays below freezing at the top even in the afternoon. In July the 0 °C line climbs to about 4,740 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, January is the driest month (45 mm) and May the wettest (102 mm).

0 °C on an average afternoon 0 °C at dawn the summit

Month	Summit high °C	Summit low °C	Pollein high °C	0 °C line (m)	Rain & snow (mm)	Wet days	Sun h/day
January	-14	-22	6	1,470	45	10	4.0
February	-12	-21	7	1,630	46	9	4.6
March	-9	-18	11	2,230	57	10	5.4
April	-4	-13	15	2,920	75	13	5.9
May	1	-9	20	3,640	102	17	6.6
June	6	-4	25	4,400	85	15	8.7
July	8	-3	27	4,740	72	14	9.6
August	7	-3	26	4,630	71	13	8.5
September	3	-7	22	3,980	62	12	7.1
October	-2	-11	17	3,230	69	12	5.2
November	-8	-16	11	2,260	101	12	3.5
December	-13	-20	7	1,600	57	11	3.4

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 1,490 m), adjusted to the summit by −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Rain, wet days and sunshine are those of the region. Mountain weather changes fast — always check a local forecast. ★ = mildest months at the top.

Relief

The mountain in profile

Two cuts through the summit, 16 km long, from the 30 m Copernicus elevation model. True scale: no vertical exaggeration.

West – east

South – north

Steepness by direction

Average slope of the first kilometre from the summit. The orange petal is the steepest side.

Around the mountain

Huts, lifts and trails around Monte Emilius

Counted around the summit in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. The satellite plate shows 14 × 14 km.

A lift reaches Stazione di monte Teleferica miniera at 1,800 m — just 1,759 m below the summit.

7mountain huts and shelters
Bivacco Ernesto Ménabréaz (2,546 m), Lou Mayèn de Léne (2,040 m), Alpeggio di Grauson Dessus (2,540 m), Rifugio Arbolle (2,507 m) and 3 more
15cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways
Aosta / Aoste - Les Fleurs, Chamolé, Gorraz - Grand Grimod, Pila-Gorraz and 11 more
3ski areas
Pila, Pila ski, Cogne
63waymarked hiking routes
Sentiero Intervallivo Charvensod-Champdepraz, Cammino Balteo (Bassa Via della Valle d'Aosta), Tappa 18, Cammino Balteo (Bassa Via della Valle d'Aosta), Tappa 19 and 60 more
4via ferratas
Sentiero attrezzato Panorama, Via ferrata Emilius
11climbing crags and routes
Palestra arrampicata indoor, Palestra di Vollein, Palestra di Vollein Settore Il paraiso perduto, Palestra Gerard and 7 more
6named glaciers
Ghiacciaio del Tessonet, Glacier de la Pointe tersiva, Ghiacciaio della Grivoletta, Glacier Blantsette and 2 more
8viewpoints
Copiet and 7 more
7campsites
Area camper Saint Christophe, Area Camper Revettaz - Cogne, Campeggio Vallée de Cogne, Area Camper Aosta and 3 more
112hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Hotel Miage, Hotel Comtes de Challant, Bellevue, Hotel Florian and 108 more
270restaurants and cafés

How hard are the paths?

234 path sections within 5 km, by SAC hiking scale (T1 easy walk … T6 difficult alpine).

T1T2T3T4T5

T1 hiking
T2 mountain hiking
T3 demanding mountain hiking
T4 alpine hiking
T5 demanding alpine hiking

Towns at the foot

Pollein6 km · 551 m
Charvensod7 km · 766 m
Villefranche8 km · 545 m
Quart8 km · 541 m
Saint Marcel8 km · 601 m
Villair-Amerique8 km · 618 m
Cogne8 km · 1,544 m
Gressan8 km · 626 m

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OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: a low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. Places © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Photos

Seen by climbers and visitors

Alba sul monte Emilius — Cristina.Paveri · CC BY-SA 4.0

Aosta Monte Emilius 1 — Zairon · CC BY-SA 4.0

Recent years

How each month compared at the summit

Afternoon high at the summit (estimate). The first row is the reference, the 1991–2020 average in °C; the years show only the difference.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1991–2020 average	-14	-12	-9	-4	1	6	8	7	3	-2	-8	-13
2020	+2.3	+3.1	−0.3	+1.5	+1.5	−1.6	+0.7	+0.8	+0.6	−1.4	+2.3	−0.9
2021	−1.6	+2.1	+0.4	−1.4	−1.7	+0.3	−0.3	+0.4	+1.0	−0.2	+0.1	+1.5
2022	+2.6	+2.9	+0.2	+1.2	+2.7	+3.3	+3.9	+2.0	+0.4	+3.9	+1.4	+0.9
2023	+1.0	+3.3	+3.6	+0.7	−0.3	−0.2	+1.5	+1.8	+2.7	+3.3	+0.4	+2.2
2024	+2.0	+4.3	+0.9	+0.3	−1.1	−0.8	+1.3	+2.1	−1.8	+0.6	+2.0	+2.0
2025	+1.6	+1.8	+0.8	+1.5	+0.6	+3.1	−0.4	+0.9	+0.1	±0.0	+0.4	+2.1

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

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About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominence	Wikidata (Q1664254) · CC0
Relief, 3D view, profiles	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Climate	NASA POWER, 1991–2020 · CC BY 4.0
Around the mountain	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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