Trail 228, Amandola: Rifugio Città di Amandola – junction with trail N226

The route of Trail 228

From the hut's parking lot the trail descends without interruption and loses about 220 m. The gradient is steeper in the first 600 meters, where the trail already drops more than a hundred meters, then eases. After just over a kilometer there is a viewpoint right on the route. At the end, at the junction with trail 226, there is a drinking water point.

For the first 1.3 km, trail 228 coincides with stage 13 of the Cammino dei Cappuccini.

Trail 228 technical details

Walked in reverse, trail 228 is a climb of about 220 m toward the hut. This is how the Park's E6 hiking route, "Al cospetto della Regina" (In the presence of the Queen), uses it, returning to Campolungo di Amandola on trails 226 and 228 after taking in Pizzo Acuto and Pizzo Tre Vescovi. The Park describes this last section as a climb at the foot of the Balzo Rosso, an imposing wall of pinkish scaglia limestone where cliff-nesting birds breed.

Trail 228 map

Trail 241 also starts from the hut, climbing to Monte Castel Manardo and the Sella di Pizzo Acuto, as does the Fuoriporta itinerary 5 - Valle Caprina. At the final junction, trail 226 leads toward the Fonte del Faggio.