Mountain·Italy

Grivola

3,969m

Gran Paradiso massif

Florian Pépellin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation: 3,969m
Prominence: 714m
Isolation: 8.5km
Relief: 2,505mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope: 62°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit: All yearSee month by month ↓
Summit: 45.5967°N, 7.2600°E

Mountain in the Graian Alps in Italy

Grivola is a mountain in the Gran Paradiso massif (Italy). Its summit stands 3,969 m above sea level. Its prominence — how far it rises above the highest saddle linking it to a taller summit — is 714 m, and the nearest higher ground is 8.5 km away.

From the lowest point within 5 km (1,464 m), it rises 2,505 m. The steepest side is the north face: 42° on average over the first kilometre. In places the ground near the top reaches 62° — terrain for climbers, not walkers.

The nearest town is Valsavarenche, 4 km away at 1,552 m: 2,417 m below the summit.

Grivola 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

9.7/10

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 208 path sections nearby
1.5/1.58 huts and shelters
2.0/22,417 m of ascent from the valley
1.2/1.5714 m of prominence
1.5/1.56 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
1.0/1via ferratas, climbing and glaciers

Ski score

7.5/10

3.0/473 km of downhill runs
1.0/1.526 ski lifts
0.5/1.5462 m between the lowest and highest lift station
3.0/36 months of snow at about 1,829 m

Runs by difficulty

Easy 13 km
Intermediate 48 km
Difficult 12 km

Snow season on the slopes (estimate)

Around 1,829 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

26 lifts · lift stations from 1,598 to 2,060 m · 23 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 Grivola

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
Summit3,969 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 up2,760 msnow 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 on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month
Valsavarenche1,552 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

Grivola, 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 5 °C; on January nights it falls to about -24 °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 4,740 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, January is the driest month (45 mm) and May the wettest (102 mm).

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

Month	Summit high °C	Summit low °C	Valsavarenche high °C	0 °C line (m)	Rain & snow (mm)	Wet days	Sun h/day
January	-16	-24	0	1,470	45	10	4.0
February	-15	-24	0	1,630	46	9	4.6
March	-11	-20	4	2,230	57	10	5.4
April	-7	-16	9	2,920	75	13	5.9
May	-2	-12	14	3,640	102	17	6.6
June	3	-7	18	4,400	85	15	8.7
July	5	-5	21	4,740	72	14	9.6
August	4	-6	20	4,630	71	13	8.5
September	0	-10	16	3,980	62	12	7.1
October	-5	-14	11	3,230	69	12	5.2
November	-11	-18	5	2,260	101	12	3.5
December	-15	-23	0	1,600	57	11	3.4

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 1,490 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 Grivola

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

A lift reaches Montseuc at 2,060 m — just 1,909 m below the summit.

8mountain huts and shelters
Rifugio Vittorio Sella (2,588 m), Rifugio Federico Chabod (2,710 m), Gite d'étape Etienne Dayné (1,810 m), Bivacco Mario Gontier (2,310 m) and 4 more
10cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways
Gorraz - Grand Grimod, Grimod, Couis 2, Grimondet and 6 more
3ski areas
Pila, Pila ski, Cogne
50waymarked hiking routes
Alta Via n. 2 della Valle d'Aosta - Tappa 7, Alta Via n. 2 della Valle d'Aosta - Tappa 9, Alta Via n. 2 della Valle d'Aosta - Tappa 8 and 47 more
7via ferratas
Sentiero attrezzato Panorama, Via Ferrata "La Voie du Paradis" 1/2, Via Ferrata "La Voie du Paradis" 2/2 and 4 more
10climbing crags and routes
Palestra di Roccia Belvedere di Fosse, Palestra arrampicata indoor, Di fronte al Paradiso - David & Luca, Di fronte al Paradiso and 6 more
22named glaciers
Ghiacciaio del Tzasset, Ghiacciaio della Valeille, Ghiacciaio di Valetta, Ghiacciaio di Patrí and 18 more
12viewpoints
JusThijs, Colle della Rossa and 10 more
8campsites
Area Camper Revettaz - Cogne, Area Camper Dégioz, Camping Grivola, Grand Paradiso and 4 more
48hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Agriturismo Lo Mayen, Bellevue, Hotel Parco Nazionale, La Vecchia Posta and 44 more
50restaurants and cafés

How hard are the paths?

208 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

Valsavarenche4 km · 1,552 m
Cogne7 km · 1,544 m
Rhemes-Saint-Georges11 km · 1,171 m
Aymavilles12 km · 640 m
Plan d'Introd12 km · 871 m
Introd12 km · 855 m
Saint-Pierre13 km · 676 m
Jovencan13 km · 632 m

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OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: a low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. Places © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Photos

Seen by climbers and visitors

Ghiacciaio del Trajo — Tiia Monto · CC BY-SA 4.0

Grivola (7628562576) — Fulvio Spada from Torino, Italy · 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	-16	-15	-11	-7	-2	3	5	4	0	-5	-11	-15
2020	+2.3	+3.1	−0.3	+1.5	+1.5	−1.6	+0.7	+0.8	+0.6	−1.4	+2.3	−0.9
2021	−1.6	+2.1	+0.4	−1.4	−1.7	+0.3	−0.3	+0.4	+1.0	−0.2	+0.1	+1.5
2022	+2.6	+2.9	+0.2	+1.2	+2.7	+3.3	+3.9	+2.0	+0.4	+3.9	+1.4	+0.9
2023	+1.0	+3.3	+3.6	+0.7	−0.3	−0.2	+1.5	+1.8	+2.7	+3.3	+0.4	+2.2
2024	+2.0	+4.3	+0.9	+0.3	−1.1	−0.8	+1.3	+2.1	−1.8	+0.6	+2.0	+2.0
2025	+1.6	+1.8	+0.8	+1.5	+0.6	+3.1	−0.4	+0.9	+0.1	±0.0	+0.4	+2.1

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

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About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominence	Wikidata (Q1373) · 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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