Mountain·Italy

Jôf di Montasio

2,754m

kallerna · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation: 2,754m
Prominence: 1,598m
Isolation: 32km
Relief: 2,217mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope: 68°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit: Oct–JulSee month by month ↓
First ascent: 1877
Summit: 46.4356°N, 13.4336°E

Mountain in Italy

Jôf di Montasio is a mountain in Italy. Its summit stands 2,754 m above sea level. Its prominence — how far it rises above the highest saddle linking it to a taller summit — is 1,598 m, and the nearest higher ground is 32 km away. It was first climbed in 1877.

From the lowest point within 5 km (537 m), it rises 2,217 m. The steepest side is the west face: 53° on average over the first kilometre. In places the ground near the top reaches 68° — terrain for climbers, not walkers.

The nearest town is Malborghetto, 8 km away at 721 m: 2,033 m below the summit.

Jôf di Montasio 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

9.9/10

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.

2.5/2.583 waymarked routes and 381 path sections nearby
1.5/1.526 huts and shelters
2.0/22,033 m of ascent from the valley
1.4/1.51,598 m of prominence
1.5/1.59 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
1.0/1via ferratas, climbing and glaciers

Ski score

8.3/10

2.8/457 km of downhill runs
1.2/1.531 ski lifts
1.2/1.51,246 m between the lowest and highest lift station
3.0/36 months of snow at about 1,441 m

Runs by difficulty

Easy 16 km
Intermediate 21 km
Difficult 10 km
Freeride 8 km

Snow season on the slopes (estimate)

Around 1,441 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

31 lifts · lift stations from 818 to 2,064 m · 13 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 Jôf di Montasio

At the summit, snow from October to July (some years 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
Summit2,754 msnow from October to July (some years 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 some of the time	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month
Halfway up1,738 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
Malborghetto721 msnow from December to March	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	No snow	No snow	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

Jôf di Montasio, 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 11 °C; on January nights it falls to about -18 °C. In 5 months of the year it stays below freezing at the top even in the afternoon. In July the 0 °C line climbs to about 4,510 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, January is the driest month (59 mm) and August the wettest (147 mm).

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

Month	Summit high °C	Summit low °C	Malborghetto high °C	0 °C line (m)	Rain & snow (mm)	Wet days	Sun h/day
January	-11	-18	2	1,100	59	8	3.8
February	-10	-18	4	1,300	64	8	4.6
March	-5	-14	8	1,990	77	10	5.6
April	0	-9	14	2,810	87	14	5.7
May	5	-5	18	3,510	116	18	6.2
June	9	0	22	4,170	120	19	7.4
July	11	2	25	4,510	129	19	8.3
August	11	1	24	4,450	147	18	7.4
September	6	-3	20	3,710	122	14	5.9
October	1	-7	14	2,940	123	12	4.6
November	-5	-11	9	2,040	128	12	3.1
December	-10	-16	4	1,280	87	10	3.4

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 1,067 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 Jôf di Montasio

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

A lift reaches 2,064 m — just 690 m below the summit.

26mountain huts and shelters
Rifugio Al Santuario, Rifugio Monte Lussari, Ricovero Jeluz (1,519 m), Casa Alpina "Julius Kugy" and 22 more
7cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways
Prevala, 101 - Telecabina Canin, 102 - Funifor Prevala, Seggiovia Hütte and 3 more
5ski areas
Sella Nevea - Kanin, Tarvisio, Kinderalm Valbruna, Fun Park dell'Angelo (parco giochi) and 1 more
83waymarked hiking routes
Sentiero Sereno and 82 more
29via ferratas
Scala Pipan and 28 more
3climbing crags and routes
Palestra di roccia "Nut", Palestra di roccia Sasso del Camet
4named glaciers
Nevaio delle Studence, Ghiacciaio Occidentale del Montasio, Ghiacciaio orientale del Canin, Glacionevato Prevala
12viewpoints
Belvedere di Rio Budic - 269° Compagnia, Belvedere and 10 more
—campsites
35hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Trattoria Albergo al Paesello, Albergo Caffè Vecchio, Albergo Rododendro, Albergo Valcanale and 31 more
58restaurants and cafés

How hard are the paths?

381 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

Malborghetto8 km · 721 m
Dogna9 km · 419 m
Chiusaforte10 km · 391 m
Prato12 km · 492 m
Pontebba12 km · 568 m
Tarvisio14 km · 732 m
Bovec14 km · 465 m
Moggio Udinese18 km · 325 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

Cima di Terrarossa hike 4 — kallerna · CC BY-SA 4.0

Jof di Montasio — chripell from Friuli, 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	-11	-10	-5	0	5	9	11	11	6	1	-5	-10
2020	+3.1	+2.9	+0.2	+2.1	±0.0	−1.8	−0.3	+0.3	+0.8	−1.6	+1.7	−0.6
2021	−2.2	+0.3	−0.5	−2.8	−2.8	+1.5	−0.4	−0.8	+2.3	−0.3	+0.7	−1.2
2022	+0.1	+0.9	+1.0	−1.1	+1.6	+3.0	+3.2	+1.2	−0.7	+4.0	+1.2	+0.1
2023	+1.4	+2.2	+1.1	−1.9	−0.6	+0.4	+0.1	+0.6	+3.1	+3.4	−0.1	+1.9
2024	+1.5	+4.7	+2.1	+1.0	−0.8	−0.5	+1.1	+3.2	−0.3	+1.2	+0.8	+1.4
2025	+1.7	+2.1	+1.6	+1.4	−0.4	+2.9	−1.0	+0.5	+0.9	−0.6	−0.4	+2.8

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Nearby

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About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominence	Wikidata (Q1759191) · 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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