Lago del Chiotas

#458 among destinations in Italy

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Lago del Chiotas is a lake in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy. It is used as an upper reservoir for the pumped-storage hydroelectric Entracque Power Plant. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 6490 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 44°9'58"N, 7°19'58"E

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Lago del Chiotas – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cime du Gélas, Monte Argentera, Monte Matto, Lago della Piastra.

4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cime du Gélas
102 min walk • Cime du Gélas is a 3,143 m high mountain on the boundary between France and Italy. It is part of the Maritime Alps. It is the highest peak of the Mercantour National Park, while on the Italian side it is included in the Maritime Alps Natural Park.
1.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Monte Argentera
41 min walk • Monte Argentera is a mountain in the Maritime Alps, in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont, northern Italy. With an elevation of 3,297 metres, it is the highest peak in the range.
5.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Monte Matto
143 min walk • Monte Matto is a 3,097-meter-high mountain in Piedmont, in the province of Cuneo, Italy. It is part of the Maritime Alps, dividing the Meris valley from the Gesso della Valletta valley.
4.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lago della Piastra
119 min walk • Lago della Piastra is a lake in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy. It is used as the lower reservoir for the pumped-storage hydroelectric Entracque Power Plant.
5.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Monte Clapier
142 min walk • Monte Clapier is a mountain in the Maritime Alps, on the boundary between the province of Cuneo and the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur.
4.1 miNW
Amusement, Water park, Swimming
Terme di Valdieri
106 min walk • The thermal baths of Valdieri are a spa located in the municipality of Valdieri, in the province of Cuneo. The thermal waters are sulfurous sulfate-chloride-sodium, at temperatures of 50-75 °C and alkaline in character.
~1570 ftN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lago della Rovina
8 min walk • Lago della Rovina is a lake in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy. It is used as an upper reservoir for the pumped-storage hydroelectric Entracque Power Plant.
4.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Valle Gesso
120 min walk • Valle Gesso is a valley in the Maritime Alps, located in the Italian province of Cuneo and crossed by the Gesso torrent. The language spoken by the inhabitants belongs to the Occitan language family.
5.4 miNW
Alpine hut, Hiking
Rifugio Valasco
139 min walk • The Valasco refuge is an alpine refuge located in the valley of the same name, below Mount Matto, in the territory of the Italian municipality of Valdieri and within the Maritime Alps Nature Park.
2.3 miSE
Alpine hut, Hiking
Rifugio Soria Ellena
60 min walk • The Soria Ellena refuge is a refuge located in the Maritime Alps range in the municipality of Entracque, in the province of Cuneo, at an altitude of 1840 meters.
4.7 miSE
Hiking, Alpine hut, Trail
Rifugio Pagarì
120 min walk • The Federici-Marchesini al Pagarì refuge, often referred to simply as the Pagarì refuge, is an alpine refuge located in the municipality of Entracque, at an altitude of 2650 m, in the Maritime Alps Nature Park.