Mountain·Italy

Uia di Ciamarella

3,676m

Ciamarella-Mondrone Group

Franco56 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation: 3,676m
Prominence: 664m
Isolation: 8.8km
Relief: 1,974mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope: 56°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit: All yearSee month by month ↓
Summit: 45.3281°N, 7.1447°E

Mountain

Uia di Ciamarella is a mountain in the Ciamarella-Mondrone Group (Italy). Its summit stands 3,676 m above sea level. Its prominence — how far it rises above the highest saddle linking it to a taller summit — is 664 m, and the nearest higher ground is 8.8 km away.

From the lowest point within 5 km (1,702 m), it rises 1,974 m. The steepest side is the south-east face: 48° on average over the first kilometre. In places the ground near the top reaches 56° — terrain for climbers, not walkers.

The nearest town is Balme, 7 km away at 1,432 m: 2,244 m below the summit.

Uia di Ciamarella 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

9.4/10

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.

2.5/2.578 waymarked routes and 150 path sections nearby
1.5/1.513 huts and shelters
2.0/22,244 m of ascent from the valley
1.2/1.5664 m of prominence
1.5/1.56 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
0.6/1via ferratas, climbing and glaciers

Ski score

7.8/10

3.4/4123 km of downhill runs
1.4/1.537 ski lifts
0.0/1.5lift station heights not mapped
3.0/37 months of snow at about 1,932 m

Runs by difficulty

Beginner 9 km
Easy 55 km
Intermediate 32 km
Difficult 4 km
Expert 2 km
Freeride 20 km

Snow season on the slopes (estimate)

Around 1,932 m, in the middle of the ski area: snow from November to May.

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

37 lifts · 52 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 Uia di Ciamarella

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
Summit3,676 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 up2,554 msnow from November to June (some years from October to June)	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	No snow	No snow	Snow some of the time	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month
Balme1,432 msnow from December to April (some years from November to April)	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	No snow	Snow some of the time	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

Uia di Ciamarella, 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 -23 °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 4,730 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, February is the driest month (57 mm) and May the wettest (103 mm).

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

Month	Summit high °C	Summit low °C	Balme high °C	0 °C line (m)	Rain & snow (mm)	Wet days	Sun h/day
January	-15	-23	0	1,390	73	12	4.0
February	-14	-23	0	1,490	57	11	4.6
March	-11	-19	4	1,990	70	12	5.4
April	-5	-14	9	2,850	69	14	5.9
May	0	-10	14	3,670	103	18	6.6
June	5	-6	19	4,420	88	16	8.7
July	7	-4	21	4,730	79	14	9.6
August	6	-4	21	4,670	78	13	8.5
September	2	-8	17	4,050	65	13	7.1
October	-2	-12	12	3,350	71	13	5.2
November	-9	-17	6	2,290	88	13	3.5
December	-13	-22	1	1,610	79	12	3.4

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 2,008 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 Uia di Ciamarella

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

Uia di Ciamarella seen from above (Sentinel-2)

N 5 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 14 × 14 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

13mountain huts and shelters
Les Montagnards (1,410 m), Bivacco Gias nuovo di Sea, Rifugio Bartolomeo Gastaldi (2,659 m), Refuge d'Avérole (2,210 m) and 9 more
5cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways
Andagne, 3000, Vallonnet, Funicolare ENEL and 1 more
5ski areas
Tignes - Val d'Isère, Bonneval-sur-Arc, Bessans, Espace Haute Maurienne Vanoise and 1 more
78waymarked hiking routes
GTAC13, GTA: Balme - Usseglio and 76 more
—via ferratas
11climbing crags and routes
Labirinto Sotterraneo, Polvere di Stelle, Falesia delle Gare, Paretina di Forno and 7 more
32named glaciers
Ghiacciaio del Mulinet Nord, Glacier Nord des Sources de l'Arc, Il Pian Gias, Glacier de Charbonnel and 28 more
12viewpoints
Lac Glaciaire du Grand Méan, Gorges, passo di napoleone, Cascate Colombin and 8 more
—campsites
104hotels, B&Bs and chalets
L'Alpaga, Le Recours, La Ciamarella, Aster and 100 more
24restaurants and cafés

How hard are the paths?

150 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

Balme7 km · 1,432 m
Usseglio12 km · 1,265 m
Ala di Stura13 km · 1,080 m
Chialamberto16 km · 851 m
Novalesa18 km · 828 m
Cantoira19 km · 750 m
Val-d'Isère19 km · 1,849 m
Mezzenile20 km · 710 m

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Photos

Seen by climbers and visitors

Panorama au parc national de la Vanoise — Antoine.Tipoul · CC BY-SA 3.0

Petite Ciamarella et Albaron - img 22685 — Pmau · 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	-15	-14	-11	-5	0	5	7	6	2	-2	-9	-13
2020	+1.9	+2.6	+0.1	+2.2	+2.2	−2.0	+1.0	+0.8	+0.6	−2.5	+3.4	−0.7
2021	−1.5	+2.1	+0.5	−0.6	−2.7	+0.9	−0.5	−0.5	+1.3	−0.1	−0.1	+1.1
2022	+1.4	+1.9	+1.8	+1.4	+2.9	+2.9	+4.1	+2.6	−0.2	+3.8	+1.1	+1.2
2023	+0.7	+3.8	+3.7	−0.4	−0.1	+0.6	+1.5	+1.2	+3.9	+2.9	−0.8	+1.5
2024	+2.0	+4.1	+1.9	−0.1	−0.8	−0.4	+2.1	+2.8	−2.1	+1.0	+2.5	+1.4
2025	+2.4	+2.6	+2.5	+2.8	+0.7	+4.1	−0.5	+1.9	+0.4	−0.1	+0.5	+2.5

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

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About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominence	Wikidata (Q590343) · 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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