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Trail 223, Montefortino: Eremo San Leonardo – Cascata Nascosta

S Start: Eremo San Leonardo · 1,125 m A Finish: Cascata Nascosta · 1,198 m

Map and track: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Trail facts

Start
Eremo San Leonardo · 1,125 m
Finish
Cascata Nascosta · 1,198 m
Route
one way
Trail marker
223
Municipality
Montefortino

Trail 223 in Montefortino is a short trail leading from the Eremo di San Leonardo hermitage, above the Gola dell'Infernaccio, to the Cascata Nascosta (Hidden Waterfall): 1.4 km, with about 150 m of ascent and 80 of descent, between 1,090 and 1,200 m of elevation. Municipality of Montefortino, CAI difficulty E.

Distance
1.43 km
Elevation gain
+153 m
Elevation loss
−80 m
Lowest point
1,092 m
Highest point
1,198 m
Difficulty
E, hiking
Time
0 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. Today6° / 2°0.4 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
153 m
Descent
80 m
Lowest point
1,092 m
Highest point
1,198 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 223

The trail starts next to the hermitage, where there is a drinking water point. It climbs for two hundred meters, then descends to about 1,090 m, around km 0.6, and climbs again from there: the last half kilometer is the steepest section, with 75 m of elevation gain up to the waterfall.

Trail 223 technical details

The return is by the same route.

To reach the hermitage, first climb the Gola dell'Infernaccio from Rubbiano and then take trail 229. The Comune di Montefortino reopened the section of the gorge from the Valleria parking lot to the second junction for the Eremo di San Leonardo with ordinance no. 32 of July 17, 2026. There a certified mountaineering helmet is mandatory, and access is prohibited during a weather alert issued by the Protezione civile delle Marche.

Trail 223 map

Trail 223 starts where trail 229 ends: together they extend the visit to the hermitage toward the upper part of the valley. The Comune describes the section from the junction to the hermitage as a passage through a centuries-old beech wood.

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What to see nearby

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