Rifugio Valle Caprina, Amandola

Rifugio Valle Caprina: location

The bivouac lies on Fuoriporta Itinerary 5 - Valle Caprina, a trail of tourist-level difficulty managed by the municipality of Amandola. The route runs at altitude, between about 1,088 and 1,181 m, and is not a loop. The Rifugio Città di Amandola, at Campolungo at the foot of Monte Amandola, is also on the same route.

Rifugio Valle Caprina: services

As an unstaffed facility, the hut has no staff. Along the same trail there are a picnic table and a drinking water point.

Things to see near Rifugio Valle Caprina

The Campolungo plateau, at about 1,200 m, is the starting point for hikes toward Monte Castel Manardo, the springs of the Ambro, Pizzo Tre Vescovi and the Balzo Rosso. In the area between Valle Caprina and the Balzo Rosso, wild orchids and aromatic herbs grow, and the golden eagle, kestrel, buzzard, wallcreeper and peregrine falcon can be seen.

With adequate snow cover, the trails between Campolungo and Valle Caprina can be done on snowshoes or touring skis. In winter a cross-country ski trail runs as far as Valle Caprina and its beech wood.