Sentiero Ritiano: Roccaporena to Fonte Beregni (Trail 539)

The Route of the Sentiero Ritiano

In Roccaporena (707 m), the start lies among the places of Santa Rita: the sanctuary, the church of San Montano, the saint's marital home and a series of numbered votive shrines. There are a parking lot, a fountain and picnic areas.

The first climb reaches 1,080 m in three kilometers, passing after one kilometer the Capanne di Rocca Porena (890 m). A long rolling stretch follows, between 1,030 and 1,080 m, up to km 6.

The second climb is the longest. At km 8.4 the trail reaches the Forca della Spina pass, where there is a drinking water point: it is the only one between the start and the finish, and from here there are still 400 m of elevation gain to go. The route climbs to about 1,680 m, on the ridge of Monte Coscerno (1,684 m), whose summit is 150 meters from the trail, at km 12.

The last three kilometers are downhill, 480 m in all, passing below the peak called Castello (1,438 m), to the Fonte Beregni, at about 1,200 m.

Sentiero Ritiano Technical Data

The trail is not a loop and its two ends are far apart: the return must be organized in advance.

Sentiero Ritiano Map

In the first 700 meters, the Sentiero Ritiano coincides with stage 2 of the Cammino di San Benedetto. At the finish it meets trail 510.