Sentiero della Memoria Variant: Trail 456
S Start: Sentiero della Memoria N455 (Variante) · 810 m A Finish: Segnavia N455 · 862 m
Map and track: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Trail facts
- Start
- Sentiero della Memoria N455 (Variante) · 810 m
- Finish
- Segnavia N455 · 862 m
- Route
- one way
- Trail marker
- 456
- Municipality
- Ascoli Piceno
Trail 456 is the variant of the Sentiero della Memoria («Trail of Remembrance»), in the territory of Ascoli Piceno: a 460-meter section that leaves the main trail, 472, and rejoins it higher up. It bears the same name, but it is a different trail with its own route. It is maintained by the CAI section of Ascoli Piceno. Difficulty: E.
- Distance
- 0.46 km
- Elevation gain
- +68 m
- Elevation loss
- −17 m
- Lowest point
- 794 m
- Highest point
- 862 m
- Difficulty
- E, hiking
- Time
- 0 h 20 min (estimate)
From the OpenStreetMap track and the Copernicus DEM profile; time is an estimate.
Before you go
Forecast at the start
- Today11° / 6°0.2 mmCloudy
Forecast by MET Norway, updated automatically · license CC BY 4.0
Rules and orders: Park website. Snow and avalanches: Meteomont bulletin.
- Ascent
- 68 m
- Descent
- 17 m
- Lowest point
- 794 m
- Highest point
- 862 m
Elevations: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018.
Indicative OpenStreetMap track: check the markers and trail conditions on site.
The Route of the Sentiero della Memoria Variant (Ascoli Piceno)
The variant branches off the main trail at about 810 m, almost 800 meters after the Monumento dei Caduti (war memorial) at Colle San Marco, where trail 472 begins. In the first hundred meters it descends about fifteen meters, then climbs steadily to 862 m, where it rejoins trail 472. In all, it involves about seventy meters of ascent.
The main trail covers the same section with a wider curve on the east side: 565 meters against 460. The two routes are never far apart, at most 150 meters from each other. Along the variant, the data mark no named places and no water.
Sentiero della Memoria Variant Technical Data (Ascoli Piceno)
The main trail carries the number 472.
Sentiero della Memoria Variant Map (Ascoli Piceno)
Hikers who take the variant skip the junction with trail 457, which descends to the locality of Colle: that junction lies on the section of trail 472 that 456 avoids. Otherwise the choice between the two is free: one can go up one way and come down the other.
The description of the whole route, from the memorial to Monte Vena Rossa, is on the Sentiero della Memoria page. The CAI section of Ascoli Piceno organizes a hike there in early October, on the anniversary of the events at Colle San Marco: in 2026 it was scheduled for Sunday, October 4, the eighty-third anniversary.
Nearby
What to see nearby
- Caciara, Ascoli PicenoRuins or archaeological site1.0 km
- Convent of San Lorenzo (Ascoli Piceno)Ruins or archaeological site1.0 km
- Hermitage of San MarcoChurch1.4 km
Where to stay
- Rifugio Mario Paci, Ascoli PicenoMountain hut700 m
- Poggio Eco B&B in Ascoli PicenoB&B or guesthouse800 m
- 1.0 km
Where to eat
- Ristorante Cubanito Bailòn, Ascoli PicenoRestaurant with farm stay, 4 rooms1.1 km
- La Taverna del Longobardo, Ascoli PicenoRestaurant2.5 km
- Ristorante Nannì, Ascoli PicenoRestaurant2.9 km
Straight-line distances.