Mountain·Italy

Pizzo Coca

3,052m

3D view drawn from Copernicus WorldDEM-30 (© DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA) and Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH, CC BY 4.0

Elevation: 3,052m
Prominence: 1,878m
Isolation: 23km
Relief: 2,193mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope: 62°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit: Oct–JulSee month by month ↓
First ascent: 1877
Summit: 46.0711°N, 10.0111°E

Mountain in Italy

Pizzo Coca is a mountain in Italy. Its summit stands 3,052 m above sea level. Its prominence — how far it rises above the highest saddle linking it to a taller summit — is 1,878 m, and the nearest higher ground is 23 km away. It was first climbed in 1877.

From the lowest point within 5 km (859 m), it rises 2,193 m. The steepest side is the south-west face: 38° on average over the first kilometre. In places the ground near the top reaches 62° — terrain for climbers, not walkers.

The nearest town is Bondione, 4 km away at 900 m: 2,152 m below the summit.

Pizzo Coca 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

9.6/10

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.

2.5/2.572 waymarked routes and 332 path sections nearby
1.5/1.522 huts and shelters
2.0/22,152 m of ascent from the valley
1.4/1.51,878 m of prominence
1.5/1.57 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
0.6/1via ferratas, climbing and glaciers

Ski score

7.8/10

2.9/463 km of downhill runs
1.2/1.531 ski lifts
0.8/1.5766 m between the lowest and highest lift station
3.0/36 months of snow at about 1,645 m

Runs by difficulty

Easy 23 km
Intermediate 27 km
Difficult 12 km

Snow season on the slopes (estimate)

Around 1,645 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

31 lifts · lift stations from 1,262 to 2,028 m · 4 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.

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Snow

When there is snow on Pizzo Coca

At the summit, snow from October to July (some years from September to July). Month by month below, at different heights on the way up.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Summit3,052 msnow from October to July (some years from September to July)	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	No snow	Snow some of the time	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month
Halfway up1,976 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
Bondione900 msnow from January to February (some years from December to March)	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow some of the time	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	Snow some of the time

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

Pizzo Coca, 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 9 °C; on January nights it falls to about -19 °C. In 6 months of the year it stays below freezing at the top even in the afternoon. In July the 0 °C line climbs to about 4,470 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, January is the driest month (58 mm) and November the wettest (153 mm).

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

Month	Summit high °C	Summit low °C	Bondione high °C	0 °C line (m)	Rain & snow (mm)	Wet days	Sun h/day
January	-11	-19	3	1,350	58	8	4.5
February	-10	-18	4	1,530	65	7	5.6
March	-6	-14	8	2,180	74	9	6.6
April	-1	-9	13	2,870	108	13	6.1
May	3	-5	17	3,520	144	17	6.1
June	7	0	21	4,180	130	16	7.4
July	9	1	23	4,470	117	16	8.0
August	9	1	23	4,390	136	15	7.2
September	5	-3	19	3,780	110	12	6.3
October	0	-7	14	3,070	123	12	5.1
November	-6	-12	8	2,210	153	11	3.6
December	-10	-17	4	1,520	80	9	3.7

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 1,348 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. Heights drawn 2× taller than lengths, so the shape can be seen.

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 Pizzo Coca

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

A lift reaches Sponda Vaga at 2,028 m — just 1,024 m below the summit.

22mountain huts and shelters
Bivacco Resnati (1,920 m), Rifugio Göi del Cà (1,150 m), Rifugio Mirtillo, Rifugio Mario Merelli al Coca (1,892 m) and 18 more
5cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways
Rambasì, Due Baite, Cavandola, Sponda Vaga and 1 more
3ski areas
Aprica, Nuova Lizzola, Colere
72waymarked hiking routes
Itinerario Naturalistico Antonio Curò - Tappa 1, Itinerario Naturalistico Antonio Curò - Tappa 2, Sentiero delle Orobie Orientali - Tappa 6, Sentiero delle Orobie Orientali - Tappa 7 and 68 more
—via ferratas
1climbing crags and routes
8named glaciers
Vedretta di Porola, Vedretta dei Marovin, Vedretta del Lupo, Vedretta del Vagh and 4 more
15viewpoints
Osservatorio Pagarulì, Panchina panoramica, vista laghi and 12 more
3campsites
Area Sosta Camper Sabiunet, Area camper n.47, Camping Valbondione
11hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Albergo Brescia, B&B Il Crocevia, Le quattro matte, B&B 1938 Fanchetti and 7 more
34restaurants and cafés

How hard are the paths?

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

T1T2T3T4T5T6

T1 hiking
T2 mountain hiking
T3 demanding mountain hiking
T4 alpine hiking
T5 demanding alpine hiking
T6 difficult alpine hiking

Towns at the foot

Bondione4 km · 900 m
San Giacomo10 km · 395 m
Vilminore di Scalve10 km · 1,035 m
Gandellino10 km · 682 m
Vilminore10 km · 1,032 m
Chiuro11 km · 390 m
Piateda Centro11 km · 298 m
Ponte in Valtellina12 km · 485 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

Passo Manina e Coca CROPPED — Ago76 · CC BY 3.0

Alba sul Coca — Nicola Fotonico · CC BY-SA 4.0

Coca (82702709) — Luca Casartelli · CC BY-SA 3.0

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	-11	-10	-6	-1	3	7	9	9	5	0	-6	-10
2020	+2.9	+2.8	−0.1	+1.8	+0.7	−1.3	±0.0	+0.6	+0.9	−1.3	+2.2	−1.0
2021	−1.7	−0.2	−0.6	−2.6	−2.2	+0.8	±0.0	−0.5	+1.0	−0.4	+0.2	+0.7
2022	+2.5	+2.6	−0.1	−0.2	+1.8	+2.9	+2.9	+1.7	−0.4	+3.7	+1.1	+0.7
2023	+1.6	+3.5	+1.5	−0.8	−0.2	+0.6	+1.1	+1.6	+2.8	+3.3	−0.3	+2.2
2024	+2.0	+4.1	+1.4	+0.3	−1.2	−0.5	+1.3	+2.5	−0.3	+1.2	+1.2	+2.1
2025	+1.2	+1.9	+1.1	+1.5	+0.1	+2.6	−0.5	+0.6	+0.4	−0.5	+0.1	+2.7

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

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About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominence	Wikidata (Q2009944) · 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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