Pelvo d'Elva, Mountain summit in Piedmont, Italy

Pelvo d'Elva is a 3,064-metre pyramidal peak in the Cottian Alps, on the watershed between the Varaita and Maira valleys and on the border between the municipalities of Elva and Bellino. Its summit and western part consist of Permian conglomeratic quartzites (Alpine Verrucano), while the northern and western slopes are made of ophiolite-bearing calcschists of the Pietre Verdi di Gastaldi, with local limestone banks. A secondary ridge branches northwest to Brich Camoscera.

The first documented ascent was made in 1836 by Captain Cossato of the Royal Sardinian Army's general staff. The name Pelvo comes from a Celtic term for a high pyramidal mountain with a sharp peak and steep flanks, while Elva derives from the Occitan elvou, meaning Swiss pine. The mountain's complex geology includes Permian conglomeratic quartzites at the summit and ophiolite-bearing calcschists of the Pietre Verdi di Gastaldi on the northern and western slopes.

The name Pelvo comes from a Celtic term for a high pyramidal mountain with a sharp point and steep flanks, while Elva derives from the Occitan elvou, meaning Swiss pine. The peak is marked by an iron cross, and the normal route starts from Colle della Bicocca, reachable by car from Colle di Sampeyre.

The normal route starts at Colle della Bicocca, reachable by car from Colle di Sampeyre or on foot from the Chiesa hamlet of Bellino. Alternatives leave from Chiazale via trail U24 to the ridge or trail U25 toward Colle Camosciera. The summit cross is iron; the normal route is rated F, and ring routes via Monte Chersogno and Rocca la Marchisa, rated EE, can use the Bonfante bivouac by Lago Camosciere.

The summit cross is made of iron, and the name Pelvo comes from a Celtic term for a sharp, steep-sided pyramidal high mountain. Elva instead derives from the Occitan elvou, meaning Swiss pine, the tree found around the valley below.