Mountain·Italy

Vezzana

3,192m

Pala group

Svíčková · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation: 3,192m
Prominence: 1,274m
Isolation: 16km
Relief: 2,115mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope: 69°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit: Sep–JulSee month by month ↓
Summit: 46.2506°N, 11.8717°E

Mountain

Vezzana is a mountain in the Pala group (Italy). Its summit stands 3,192 m above sea level. Its prominence — how far it rises above the highest saddle linking it to a taller summit — is 1,274 m, and the nearest higher ground is 16 km away.

From the lowest point within 5 km (1,077 m), it rises 2,115 m. The steepest side is the south-east face: 43° on average over the first kilometre. In places the ground near the top reaches 69° — terrain for climbers, not walkers.

The nearest town is Siror, 7 km away at 765 m: 2,427 m below the summit.

Vezzana 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

9.8/10

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 162 path sections nearby
1.5/1.527 huts and shelters
2.0/22,427 m of ascent from the valley
1.3/1.51,274 m of prominence
1.5/1.57 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
1.0/1via ferratas, climbing and glaciers

Ski score

7.8/10

3.2/499 km of downhill runs
1.3/1.535 ski lifts
0.2/1.5225 m between the lowest and highest lift station
3.0/37 months of snow at about 2,080 m

Runs by difficulty

Easy 41 km
Intermediate 53 km
Difficult 6 km

Snow season on the slopes (estimate)

Around 2,080 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

35 lifts · lift stations from 1,967 to 2,192 m · 9 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 Vezzana

At the summit, snow 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
Summit3,192 msnow 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 on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month
Halfway up1,978 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
Siror765 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

Vezzana, 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 4,630 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, January is the driest month (41 mm) and August the wettest (140 mm).

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

Month	Summit high °C	Summit low °C	Siror high °C	0 °C line (m)	Rain & snow (mm)	Wet days	Sun h/day
January	-13	-22	3	1,260	41	8	4.4
February	-11	-21	4	1,440	44	7	5.6
March	-7	-16	9	2,150	56	10	6.6
April	-2	-12	14	2,920	76	14	6.1
May	3	-8	19	3,640	110	19	6.1
June	7	-3	23	4,340	118	20	7.5
July	9	-1	25	4,630	124	20	8.1
August	8	-2	24	4,510	140	19	7.3
September	4	-6	20	3,830	100	14	6.3
October	-1	-10	15	3,110	101	12	5.1
November	-6	-14	9	2,200	97	12	3.6
December	-11	-20	4	1,460	56	9	3.7

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 1,629 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 Vezzana

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

A lift reaches Conca at 2,192 m — just 1,000 m below the summit.

27mountain huts and shelters
Rifugio Forestale "Val delle Moneghe" (1,265 m), Rifugio Petina, Rifugio Laghi di Colbricon (1,927 m), Rifugio Forestale (1,551 m) and 23 more
15cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways
Tognola, Rododendro, Cabinovia Colverde, Funivia Rosetta and 11 more
7ski areas
Prà delle Nasse DX, Ski Area San Pellegrino - Falcade, Passo Rolle, San Martino di Castrozza and 3 more
72waymarked hiking routes
Alta Via n. 2 delle Dolomiti - Dolomiten-Höhenweg Nr. 2, Sentiero di Calaita, Via ferrata "Dino Buzzati", Via ferrata del Cacciatore and 68 more
17via ferratas
Ferrata del Velo, Via ferrata del Portòn, Sentiero Dino Buzzati, Ferrata della Vecia and 13 more
5climbing crags and routes
Falesia Castel Pietra, Sas drio la Baita, Palestra Franco Marta (Fiamme gialle) and 2 more
5named glaciers
Ghiacciaio della Pala, Ghiacciaio di val Strut, Ghiacciaio delle Zirocole, Ghiacciaio della Fradusta superiore and 1 more
16viewpoints
Belvedere, Postazione del Cannone, Arco del Bersanèl and 13 more
7campsites
Parcheggio Mandra ai Lach, Campeggio Parrocchia Altavilla, Vecchio campeggio parrocchia di Altavilla Vicentina, Camping Castelpietra and 3 more
71hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Albergo "Al Cacciatore", Castel Pietra, Albergo La Ritonda, Albergo Cant del Gal and 67 more
62restaurants and cafés

How hard are the paths?

162 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

Siror7 km · 765 m
Gosaldo8 km · 1,143 m
Don8 km · 1,143 m
Tonadico8 km · 750 m
Sagron Mis8 km · 1,062 m
Fiera di Primiero9 km · 710 m
Transacqua9 km · 746 m
Voltago Agordino11 km · 866 m

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Photos

Seen by climbers and visitors

Cima della Vezzana from northwest, San Martino di Castrozza, Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 2025 September — Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cima di Vezzana and Cimon della Pala, San Martino di Castrozza, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 2025 October — Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) · 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	-11	-7	-2	3	7	9	8	4	-1	-6	-11
2020	+3.5	+3.5	+0.9	+2.7	+0.9	−1.5	+0.2	+1.1	+0.9	−1.8	+2.8	−0.4
2021	−2.3	+0.5	−2.4	−2.6	−2.2	+1.5	−0.7	−0.7	+2.1	−0.4	+0.1	−0.9
2022	+0.9	+2.6	+1.4	−0.5	+2.0	+2.7	+2.9	+1.3	−0.7	+4.0	+0.8	+0.5
2023	+1.2	+3.6	+2.0	−1.6	−0.6	+0.8	+0.3	+1.6	+3.9	+3.4	−0.8	+2.3
2024	+1.6	+4.3	+1.5	+0.7	−0.9	−0.6	+1.5	+3.2	−1.0	+1.3	+1.5	+1.8
2025	+2.0	+3.5	+1.8	+1.7	+0.2	+4.0	−1.2	+0.8	+1.3	−0.4	−1.0	+1.1

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

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About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominence	Wikidata (Q1092027) · 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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