
In numbers.
36m
Height
OpenStreetMap
0.42m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Jun
Oct–Nov
Best months
147kW
Water power
estimate
The water at Cascata del lupo, month by month
It roars from April to June and from August to November.
The fullest months: from April to June and from August to November.
- 0.2 m³/sJan
- 0.2 m³/sFeb
- 0.4 m³/sMar
- 0.6 m³/sApr
- 0.8 m³/sMay
- 0.6 m³/sJun
- 0.5 m³/sJul
- 0.5 m³/sAug
- 0.5 m³/sSep
- 0.6 m³/sOct
- 0.7 m³/sNov
- 0.4 m³/sDec
From about 0.20 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.76 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to June and from October to November.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall in the municipality of Bedollo
Cascata del lupo is a waterfall in Italy. The water falls 36 m.
Getting there.
- Centralenearest town · 0.9 km in a straight line
- Parking 410 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Bolzano Airport (BZO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 33 km in a straight lineCar hire at BZO airport (Bolzano)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to June and from October to Novemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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How big is it?
How big it really is.
Height of the drop as mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.
147 kW
About 0.42 m³/s falling 36 m: the power of the water as it drops.
- enough to power about 37 homes, if it were all turned into electricity
Power of falling water = density × gravity × flow × height. Average flow and height as shown above; an estimate.
Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 317 m in 2.6 km. Here the river runs about 53 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 8viewpointsCros del Cuć and 7 more
- 7waymarked walking routesMesotrekking, Sentiero Europeo E5, Italia, Cammino delle terre sospese - Tappa 2 and 4 more
- 18car parks
- —swimming spots
- 9picnic sites
- 2toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- 6bus stops within 1 km
- 2other named waterfalls within 4 kmLa Pissadora, Cascate dell'Inferno
- —caves
- 7campsitesCamping Canè in Fiore, Campo Majo, Camping Verde blu and 4 more
- 30hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmScoiattolo, Europa, Agritur Maso Val Fraja and 27 more
- 10restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Centrale0.9 km in a straight line
- Segonzano3.9 km in a straight line
- Faver4.7 km in a straight line
- Baselga di Pinè5.0 km in a straight line
- Valda5.3 km in a straight line
- Miola di Pinè5.4 km in a straight line
- Cembra5.6 km in a straight line
- Lona-Lases6.0 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
| Night °C | -6 | -5 | -1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | -4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 38 | 50 | 57 | 78 | 106 | 97 | 98 | 109 | 92 | 99 | 109 | 58 |
| Wet days | 6 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 |
| Sun h/day | 4.5 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 18 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (946 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 27% | 14% | 111% | 47% | 72% | 136% | 86% | 196% | 83% | 198% | 10% | 326% |
| 2021 | 234% | 67% | 27% | 83% | 130% | 55% | 138% | 88% | 84% | 71% | 123% | 45% |
| 2022 | 56% | 49% | 12% | 81% | 66% | 71% | 105% | 85% | 306% | 39% | 60% | 85% |
| 2023 | 103% | 6% | 51% | 86% | 165% | 103% | 152% | 100% | 50% | 153% | 68% | 91% |
| 2024 | 168% | 168% | 153% | 73% | 175% | 167% | 104% | 45% | 205% | 213% | 7% | 59% |
| 2025 | 155% | 62% | 135% | 107% | 121% | 58% | 160% | 170% | 207% | 70% | 137% | 70% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q24230614) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Height of the drop | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © 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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