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Sibillini trail 103 (Arquata del Tronto): Vena dei Corvi – Forca di Presta

S Start: Vena dei Corvi · 919 m A Finish: Forca di Presta · 1,530 m

Map and track: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Trail facts

Start
Vena dei Corvi · 919 m
Finish
Forca di Presta · 1,530 m
Route
one way
Trail marker
103
Municipality
Arquata del Tronto

Sibillini trail 103 starts from the Vena dei Corvi, in the municipality of Arquata del Tronto, and ends at Forca di Presta, a mountain pass. It is 4.5 km long and climbs about 650 m, from 920 to 1,530 m. CAI difficulty E.

Distance
4.52 km
Elevation gain
+649 m
Elevation loss
−38 m
Lowest point
917 m
Highest point
1,530 m
Difficulty
E, hiking
Time
2 h 50 min (estimate)

From the OpenStreetMap track and the Copernicus DEM profile; time is an estimate.

Before you go

Forecast at the start

  1. Today12° / 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.

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Elevation profile
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Ascent
649 m
Descent
38 m
Lowest point
917 m
Highest point
1,530 m

Elevations: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018.

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Indicative OpenStreetMap track: check the markers and trail conditions on site.

The route of trail 103 from Arquata del Tronto

The Vena dei Corvi can be reached on foot: it is the point where trail 103 branches off from trail 104, a little over a kilometer from Arquata. The Park also indicates a detour climbing to it from Camartina.

The first half is easy. In 2.7 km the trail climbs only 170 m, with a level section around km 2 where there is a picnic table. Then the gradient triples: from km 2.7 to the pass it gains 440 m in less than two kilometers. Halfway up this ramp, at km 3.2, is the Fonte Cappella, a drinking water point.

Trail 103 (Arquata del Tronto) technical details

For the Park, trail 103 is the return leg of the E16 hiking route, "Nel comune dei due Parchi" (In the municipality of the two Parks), which climbs to Forca di Presta on trail 104 and descends this way: the Park describes it as a pleasant descent through the woods. The loop is 11.2 km long, with 980 m of elevation gain and 4 hours and 10 minutes of walking, and is graded EE.

The Park warns that the hamlet of Borgo has been closed to traffic since the 2016 earthquake: the loop is done starting from Forca di Presta or from Camartina.

Sibillini trail 103 (Arquata del Tronto) map

For the first 2.7 km, trail 103 coincides with stage 7 of the Grande Anello di Arquata; from km 3.3 to the pass it follows the main route of the Cammino nelle Terre Mutate. The Grande Anello dei Sibillini and trail 104 also reach Forca di Presta, and trail 101 to Monte Vettore starts there.

Nearby

Straight-line distances.