Mountain·Italy / Switzerland

Basòdino

3,272m

Prissantenbär · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation: 3,272m
Prominence: 960m
Isolation: 11km
Relief: 2,329mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope: 54°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit: All yearSee month by month ↓
Summit: 46.4111°N, 8.4683°E

Mountain in the Lepontine Alps

Basòdino is a mountain in Italy. Its summit stands 3,272 m above sea level. Its prominence — how far it rises above the highest saddle linking it to a taller summit — is 960 m, and the nearest higher ground is 11 km away.

From the lowest point within 5 km (943 m), it rises 2,329 m. The steepest side is the west face: 29° on average over the first kilometre. In places the ground near the top reaches 54° — terrain for climbers, not walkers.

The nearest town is Formazza, 5 km away at 1,288 m: 1,984 m below the summit.

Basòdino 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.

2.5/2.550 waymarked routes and 145 path sections nearby
1.5/1.515 huts and shelters
2.0/21,984 m of ascent from the valley
1.3/1.5960 m of prominence
1.5/1.57 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
1.0/1via ferratas, climbing and glaciers

Ski score

7.5/10

2.7/443 km of downhill runs
0.9/1.524 ski lifts
1.0/1.5967 m between the lowest and highest lift station
3.0/36 months of snow at about 1,422 m

Runs by difficulty

Easy 8 km
Intermediate 20 km
Difficult 15 km

Snow season on the slopes (estimate)

Around 1,422 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

24 lifts · lift stations from 938 to 1,905 m · 29 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 Basòdino

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
Summit3,272 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 up2,280 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
Formazza1,288 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

Basòdino, 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 8 °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 4,460 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, February is the driest month (66 mm) and August the wettest (181 mm).

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

Month	Summit high °C	Summit low °C	Formazza high °C	0 °C line (m)	Rain & snow (mm)	Wet days	Sun h/day
January	-14	-22	-1	1,180	74	13	4.1
February	-13	-22	0	1,320	66	12	5.5
March	-9	-17	4	1,830	87	14	6.4
April	-5	-12	8	2,540	111	16	5.9
May	1	-8	14	3,410	162	21	5.7
June	6	-3	19	4,200	163	20	7.4
July	8	-2	21	4,460	156	20	7.9
August	7	-2	20	4,380	181	19	7.1
September	3	-6	16	3,770	120	16	6.1
October	-2	-10	11	3,010	122	15	4.7
November	-8	-15	5	2,040	133	16	3.4
December	-13	-20	0	1,340	89	14	3.4

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 1,845 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 Basòdino

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

A lift reaches Robiei at 1,905 m — just 1,367 m below the summit.

15mountain huts and shelters
Capanna Basodino CAS (1,856 m), Capanna Corno Gries CAS (2,338 m), Bivacco Busin (2,407 m), Capanna Piano delle Creste (2,108 m) and 11 more
7cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways
Sagersboden, Funivia San Carlo-Robiei, Robiei-Cavagnoli, Ulrichen-Altstafel and 3 more
4ski areas
Bosco Gurin – Grossalp, Val Formazza, Cioss Prato
50waymarked hiking routes
Passo Cristallina-Lielp, San Carlo-Foroglio, Via Sbrinz, Capanna Corno Gries-Ladstafel and 46 more
1via ferratas
Canale del Becco
1climbing crags and routes
Primi Passi
7named glaciers
Ghiacciaio di Ban, Ghiacciaio del Basòdino, Ghiacciaio di Valleggia, Ghiacciaio del Corno and 3 more
9viewpoints
Cascata del Toce and 8 more
4campsites
Area Sosta Lago Morasco, Camping Pineta, Sagersboden, Area Camper Punta Sabbioni
12hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Ristorante All'Acqua, Albergo Basodino, Grotto Baloi, Albergo Robiei and 8 more
17restaurants and cafés

How hard are the paths?

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

T1T2T3T4T5

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

Towns at the foot

Formazza5 km · 1,288 m
Cevio15 km · 423 m
Airolo17 km · 1,162 m
Premia19 km · 800 m
Baceno20 km · 655 m
Crodo24 km · 505 m

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Photos

Seen by climbers and visitors

Basodino Gletscher und Pizzo del Arzo — uwelino · CC BY-SA 2.0

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	-14	-13	-9	-5	1	6	8	7	3	-2	-8	-13
2020	+2.0	+2.5	+0.3	+2.5	+2.0	−1.5	+1.0	+1.1	+1.1	−2.4	+3.3	−0.5
2021	−1.2	+1.7	−0.6	−3.0	−2.5	+0.8	−0.4	−0.7	+1.5	−0.5	−0.2	+1.0
2022	+1.4	+1.7	+1.0	+1.5	+2.9	+2.4	+2.6	+1.9	−0.8	+3.7	+0.6	+0.9
2023	+0.3	+2.6	+2.7	−0.4	+0.4	+0.9	+1.3	+1.1	+3.6	+3.1	−1.0	+2.0
2024	+1.5	+4.0	+1.2	−1.1	−0.9	−0.5	+1.8	+2.9	−1.8	+1.2	+2.1	+1.8
2025	+1.6	+2.1	+1.1	+2.5	+0.7	+3.9	−0.7	+1.4	+0.5	+0.1	−0.3	+2.5

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

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About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominence	Wikidata (Q16522) · 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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