Monti della Laga Ridge Trail Between Lazio, Marche and Abruzzo: Path 301

Monti della Laga ridge trail: the route

Sixteen hours of walking do not fit into one day: it is a multi-day traverse, entirely at high altitude.

The map track starts at about 1,600 m, in the municipality of Crognaleto, and immediately climbs above 2,000 m. From there it stays almost always between 2,000 and 2,450 m. In the second half it passes, in this order, Monte Pelone Meridionale (2,259 m), the Sella della Solagna saddle (2,221 m), Pizzo di Moscio (2,411 m), Cima Lepri (2,445 m), the Vado di Annibale pass (2,119 m), Pizzo di Sevo (2,419 m) and Pizzitello (2,221 m). It ends at the Macera della Morte, whose summit is at 2,073 m.

Between one peak and the next the route drops and climbs again by two or three hundred meters each time: from Cima Lepri to the Vado di Annibale, for example, it loses more than 300 m, immediately regained toward Pizzo di Sevo.

Monti della Laga ridge trail: technical data

The CAI grades the route E.

Monti della Laga ridge trail: map

At the Macera della Morte the route meets trail 300B, which climbs from Fonte del Campo, and stage N01 of the Sentiero Italia CAI, which descends to Colle d'Arquata. Around km 5 the track crosses trail 300.

Monti della Laga ridge trail: points of interest

The data show no mountain huts or bivouac shelters along the track. The only spring is the Fonte Ranna, between Cima Lepri and the Vado di Annibale, about 260 m from the route. On a ridge above 2,000 m, without signs, route-finding is entirely up to the hiker.