Mountain·Italy

Rocciamelone

3,538m

Gruppo del Rocciamelone

Duvilar (Lorenzo Rossetti) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation: 3,538m
Prominence: 303m
Isolation: 7.7km
Relief: 2,742mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope: 63°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit: Sep–JulSee month by month ↓
First ascent: 1358
Summit: 45.2039°N, 7.0767°E

Mountain of the Graian Alps

Rocciamelone is a mountain in the Gruppo del Rocciamelone (Italy). Its summit stands 3,538 m above sea level. Its prominence — how far it rises above the highest saddle linking it to a taller summit — is 303 m, and the nearest higher ground is 7.7 km away. It was first climbed in 1358.

From the lowest point within 5 km (796 m), it rises 2,742 m. The steepest side is the south-west face: 40° on average over the first kilometre. In places the ground near the top reaches 63° — terrain for climbers, not walkers.

The nearest town is Novalesa, 5 km away at 828 m: 2,710 m below the summit.

Rocciamelone 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.

2.5/2.573 waymarked routes and 237 path sections nearby
1.5/1.510 huts and shelters
2.0/22,710 m of ascent from the valley
1.1/1.5303 m of prominence
1.5/1.57 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
1.0/1via ferratas, climbing and glaciers

Ski score

5.4/10

2.4/429 km of downhill runs
0.7/1.518 ski lifts
0.0/1.5lift station heights not mapped
2.4/34 months of snow at about 1,328 m

Runs by difficulty

Easy 11 km
Intermediate 14 km
Difficult 2 km
Freeride 2 km

Snow season on the slopes (estimate)

Around 1,328 m, in the middle of the ski area: snow from December to March.

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

18 lifts · 18 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 Rocciamelone

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Summit3,538 msnow from September to July (some years all year)	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 some of the time	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 up2,183 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
Novalesa828 moccasional snow from December to February	Snow some of the time	Snow some of the time	No snow	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

Rocciamelone, 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 -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 4,930 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, February is the driest month (43 mm) and May the wettest (92 mm).

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

Month	Summit high °C	Summit low °C	Novalesa high °C	0 °C line (m)	Rain & snow (mm)	Wet days	Sun h/day
January	-13	-22	5	1,530	45	9	4.0
February	-12	-22	5	1,620	43	8	4.6
March	-9	-18	9	2,180	54	9	5.4
April	-4	-13	14	2,960	68	13	5.9
May	1	-9	19	3,730	92	16	6.6
June	6	-5	24	4,530	77	14	8.7
July	9	-3	27	4,930	60	12	9.5
August	9	-3	26	4,900	58	12	8.5
September	4	-7	22	4,240	57	11	7.1
October	-1	-11	17	3,450	64	11	5.2
November	-8	-16	10	2,380	91	12	3.5
December	-12	-21	6	1,700	57	11	3.5

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 1,991 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 Rocciamelone

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

10mountain huts and shelters
Bivacco Fratelli Chiaberto (1,665 m), Rifugio Escursionistico Vulpot (1,805 m), Rifugio Stellina (2,595 m), Rifugio Ca' d'Asti (2,854 m) and 6 more
2cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways
Funicolare ENEL, Funivia Usseglio dietro la torre
4ski areas
Val Cenis, Chiomonte Frais, Pian del Frais, Espace Haute Maurienne Vanoise
73waymarked hiking routes
GTA: Usseglio - Il Truc, GTA: Il Truc - Susa, Via Francigena - Variante Moncenisio, Sentier des 2000 and 69 more
13via ferratas
Via Ferrata Gorge della Dora Riparia, Via Ferrata Orrido di Foresto, Via Ferrata Orrido di Chianocco, Via Ferrata ‘’Le Cascate di Novalesa’’ and 9 more
26climbing crags and routes
Barmasse, Isola Felice, L' orrido, Cateissoft and 22 more
14named glaciers
Glacier d'Arnès, Glacier du Lamet, Glacier de Roche Michel, Glacier de l'Arcelle and 10 more
27viewpoints
Piëra Tsarva, Belvedere dei Lecci, Belvedere dell'Orrido, Barmasse and 23 more
3campsites
Area Sosta Camper - Chianocco, Area di sosta camper Susa
32hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Bed & Breakfast Archivolto, Il Brusafer, Hotel Napoleon, B&B du Parc and 28 more
80restaurants and cafés

How hard are the paths?

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

T1T2T3T4

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

Towns at the foot

Novalesa5 km · 828 m
Mompantero7 km · 528 m
San Giuseppe7 km · 526 m
Venaus7 km · 604 m
Susa8 km · 503 m
Giaglione9 km · 771 m
Bussoleno9 km · 443 m
Meana di Susa9 km · 681 m

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Photos

Seen by climbers and visitors

2011 12 27 palon rocciamelone da rocca grisolo — F Ceragioli · CC BY-SA 3.0

Monte Rocciamelone tra neve e nuvole 01 — Elio Pallard · 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	-13	-12	-9	-4	1	6	9	9	4	-1	-8	-12
2020	+1.6	+2.5	−1.1	+1.2	+2.0	−1.8	+0.6	+0.6	−0.1	−2.2	+3.1	−0.6
2021	−1.6	+2.3	+1.1	−1.1	−1.9	+0.5	−0.5	+0.3	+0.9	+0.1	−0.6	+1.5
2022	+3.1	+4.1	+2.1	+1.8	+3.1	+3.7	+4.7	+2.2	+0.3	+3.8	+1.6	+1.0
2023	+1.2	+4.9	+3.8	+0.2	−0.5	±0.0	+1.6	+1.6	+3.0	+3.3	+0.2	+2.1
2024	+2.1	+5.5	+1.8	+0.3	−0.9	−0.6	+1.6	+2.5	−2.2	+0.7	+2.4	+2.2
2025	+2.3	+3.7	+1.8	+2.2	+1.1	+3.7	+0.5	+2.0	+1.0	+0.6	+0.9	+2.4

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

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About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominence	Wikidata (Q608238) · 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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