Mountain·Italy

Presanella

3,556m

Presanella Group

Grasso83 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation: 3,556m
Prominence: 1,672m
Isolation: 18km
Relief: 2,137mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope: 66°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit: All yearSee month by month ↓
Summit: 46.2200°N, 10.6644°E

Mountain in Italy

Presanella is a mountain in the Presanella Group (Italy). Its summit stands 3,556 m above sea level. Its prominence — how far it rises above the highest saddle linking it to a taller summit — is 1,672 m, and the nearest higher ground is 18 km away.

From the lowest point within 5 km (1,419 m), it rises 2,137 m. The steepest side is the east face: 39° on average over the first kilometre. In places the ground near the top reaches 66° — terrain for climbers, not walkers.

The nearest town is Vermiglio, 9 km away at 1,216 m: 2,340 m below the summit.

Presanella 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

9.9/10

Difficulty to the top

Alpine climb

Most path sections around the top are T5 on the SAC hiking scale. Glaciers around the top.

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

2.5/2.535 waymarked routes and 93 path sections nearby
1.5/1.525 huts and shelters
2.0/22,340 m of ascent from the valley
1.4/1.51,672 m of prominence
1.5/1.57 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
1.0/1via ferratas, climbing and glaciers

Ski score

9.0/10

3.3/4107 km of downhill runs
1.5/1.558 ski lifts
1.2/1.51,212 m between the lowest and highest lift station
3.0/37 months of snow at about 2,394 m

Runs by difficulty

Easy 37 km
Intermediate 47 km
Difficult 21 km

Snow season on the slopes (estimate)

Around 2,394 m, in the middle of the ski area: snow from November to May (some years from October to May).

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

58 lifts · lift stations from 1,788 to 3,000 m · 2 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 Presanella

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
Summit3,556 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 up2,386 msnow from November to May (some years from October 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	Snow some of the time	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month
Vermiglio1,216 msnow from December to March	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	No snow	No snow	No snow	Snow on the ground all month

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

Presanella, 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 7 °C; on January nights it falls to about -22 °C. In 8 months of the year it stays below freezing at the top even in the afternoon. In July the 0 °C line climbs to about 4,580 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, January is the driest month (45 mm) and November the wettest (119 mm).

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

Month	Summit high °C	Summit low °C	Vermiglio high °C	0 °C line (m)	Rain & snow (mm)	Wet days	Sun h/day
January	-15	-22	0	1,290	45	8	4.5
February	-13	-21	2	1,490	52	7	5.6
March	-9	-17	6	2,140	60	8	6.6
April	-5	-12	11	2,850	85	13	6.1
May	0	-8	15	3,520	114	17	6.1
June	4	-4	20	4,230	106	17	7.4
July	7	-2	22	4,580	102	17	8.0
August	6	-2	22	4,520	116	16	7.2
September	2	-6	17	3,860	94	12	6.3
October	-3	-11	12	3,110	106	12	5.1
November	-9	-15	6	2,170	119	11	3.6
December	-14	-21	2	1,460	64	9	3.7

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 1,384 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 Presanella

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

A lift reaches 3,000 m — just 556 m below the summit.

25mountain huts and shelters
Baita Cioc, Rifugio Val Amola-Giovanni Segantini, Bivacco Begey (2,909 m), Rifugio Cornisello (2,120 m) and 21 more
17cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways
Pinzolo - Prà Rodont, Bleis, Ghiacciaio Presena, Colonia Vigili - Tonale and 13 more
3ski areas
Pinzolo, Ponte di Legno - Passo Tonale, Skirama Dolomiti Adamello-Brenta
35waymarked hiking routes
Sentiero "Michele Mattasoglio", Sentiero della Canavaccia e guide alpine Dallagiacoma, Biotopo Torbiera del Tonale, Sentiero della scalaza and 31 more
1via ferratas
Della Lobbia Alta
6climbing crags and routes
Trepin Paradise, Palestra Voltolini Giordano and 4 more
18named glaciers
Vedretta di Nardis, Ghiacciaio di Cornisello, Vedretta Cercen, Vedretta orientale di Presena and 14 more
13viewpoints
Panorama di Piuccilla, Cascate Nardis, Punto panoramico and 10 more
2campsites
Area Camper Paradiso, Camping Parco Adamello
86hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Hotel Rio, Resident Top, Il Maniero, Hotel Denny e Residence and 82 more
63restaurants and cafés

How hard are the paths?

93 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

Vermiglio9 km · 1,216 m
Fraviano9 km · 1,216 m
Carisolo9 km · 808 m
Pinzolo10 km · 770 m
Giustino11 km · 770 m
Ossana11 km · 1,003 m
Pellizzano12 km · 925 m
Caderzone Terme12 km · 723 m

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Photos

Seen by climbers and visitors

La parte settentrionale del Lago di Garda sullo sfondo le cime innevate del Carè Alto e della Presanella — Matteo Buffa · CC BY-SA 4.0

Passo del Tonale - Panorama Bleis ( 2525m) view from Pista Paradiso ^ Cima Presena and Cima Presanella (3556m) - panoramio — Zoran Kurelić Rabko · 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	-15	-13	-9	-5	0	4	7	6	2	-3	-9	-14
2020	+2.2	+2.2	−0.2	+1.8	+0.8	−1.4	−0.3	+0.1	+0.7	−1.7	+2.2	−0.9
2021	−1.9	±0.0	−1.1	−2.4	−2.1	+0.9	−0.2	−0.6	+1.5	−0.4	+0.1	+0.5
2022	+2.1	+2.5	+0.5	±0.0	+1.9	+3.3	+4.0	+1.6	−0.7	+3.5	+1.3	+0.3
2023	+0.8	+2.7	+1.7	−1.0	−0.5	+0.3	+0.4	+1.5	+3.2	+3.6	−0.3	+2.0
2024	+1.8	+4.0	+1.3	+0.4	−1.2	−0.7	+0.8	+2.3	−0.8	+0.8	+1.4	+1.7
2025	+1.3	+1.5	+1.4	+1.7	±0.0	+2.8	−1.0	±0.0	+0.1	−0.6	−0.1	+2.7

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

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About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominence	Wikidata (Q2094363) · 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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