Trail 225, Montefortino: Santuario Madonna dell'Ambro – Fonte Cupa
S Start: Santuario Madonna dell'Ambro · 684 m A Finish: Fonte Cupa · 951 m
Map and track: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Trail facts
- Start
- Santuario Madonna dell'Ambro · 684 m
- Finish
- Fonte Cupa · 951 m
- Route
- one way
- Trail marker
- 225
- Municipality
- Montefortino
Trail 225 is the trail that climbs from the Sanctuary of Madonna dell'Ambro in Montefortino to the Fonte Cupa side of the valley: 1.8 km and about 265 m of ascent, from 684 to 951 m, where it joins trail 224. It lies in the municipality of Montefortino. CAI difficulty E.
- Distance
- 1.77 km
- Elevation gain
- +266 m
- Elevation loss
- −0 m
- Lowest point
- 684 m
- Highest point
- 951 m
- Difficulty
- E, hiking
- Time
- 1 h 5 min (estimate)
From the OpenStreetMap track and the Copernicus DEM profile; time is an estimate.
Before you go
Forecast at the start
- Today11° / 7°0.3 mmPartly cloudy
Forecast by MET Norway, updated automatically · license CC BY 4.0
Rules and orders: Park website. Snow and avalanches: Meteomont bulletin.
- Ascent
- 266 m
- Descent
- 0 m
- Lowest point
- 684 m
- Highest point
- 951 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 Trail 225
The trail starts a few meters from the sanctuary; the parking lot is less than a hundred meters away and a drinking water point is found after 150 meters, next to the route.
The climb comes in two phases. The first is short and steep: between km 0.3 and km 0.6 the trail gains more than a hundred meters. The second is long and easy: from 820 m upward the gradient halves, and in a little over a kilometer the trail climbs another 130 m to the junction with trail 224. The Fonte Cupa spring is just over a hundred meters from the junction, on trail 224 toward Vetice.
Trail 225 technical details
There are no downhill sections along the trail.
Trail 225 map
Trail 225 is the gateway to the valley for those starting from the sanctuary. Trail 224, where it ends, comes from Vetice and climbs the whole Valle dell'Ambro to the junction below the Casale Rinaldi farmhouse, where trails 226 and 227 split: from there it is possible to climb to the Forcella Angagnola and Pizzo Tre Vescovi. Trail 225 joins about 2.7 km from Vetice; from that point to the Casale Rinaldi junction about 6 km remain. It is a long route, with more than 1,200 m of elevation gain from the sanctuary to the forcella (the pass).
On the opposite side of the valley, also from the sanctuary, trail 230 climbs to the Balzo Rosso. At the start, trail 225 crosses stage 13 of the Cammino dei Cappuccini.
Nearby
What to see nearby
- Sanctuary of Madonna dell'Ambro (Montefortino)Sanctuary or hermitageunder 100 m
- Fortunato Duranti's House (Montefortino)Historic building or square1000 m
- 1000 m
Where to stay
- under 100 m
- Rifugio Città di AmandolaMountain hut1.7 km
- Casale Gualberto, MontefortinoBivouac or unstaffed hut1.7 km
Where to eat
- Osteria del Nonno, MontefortinoBar and caféunder 100 m
- Il Chioschetto nel bosco, MontefortinoRestaurantunder 100 m
- Il Verdecammino, MontefortinoFarm shop2.2 km
Straight-line distances.