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Trail 229 (Montefortino): trail N221 (Tenna stream junction) – Eremo di San Leonardo

S Start: Sentiero N221 (BIVIO TORRENTE TENNA) · 964 m A Finish: Eremo di San Leonardo · 1,124 m

Map and track: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Trail facts

Start
Sentiero N221 (BIVIO TORRENTE TENNA) · 964 m
Finish
Eremo di San Leonardo · 1,124 m
Route
one way
Trail marker
229
Municipality
Montefortino

Warning: a helmet is required to get there, and access is prohibited during weather alerts. Trail 229 can be reached only from the Gola dell'Infernaccio (Infernaccio gorge). With ordinance no. 32 of July 17, 2026, the Comune di Montefortino reopened the section from the Valleria parking lot to the second junction for the Eremo di San Leonardo, with a mandatory certified mountaineering helmet. When the Protezione civile delle Marche (the regional civil protection agency) issues a weather alert, the road from Rubbiano to the junction is closed, including on foot (ordinance no. 57/2021).

Trail 229 is the trail that climbs to the Eremo di San Leonardo hermitage. It branches off trail 221 at the junction on the Tenna stream, in the Gola dell'Infernaccio, at 964 m, and ends at the hermitage, at 1,124 m: just over a kilometer and 160 m of elevation gain, in the municipality of Montefortino. CAI difficulty E.

Warning a helmet is required to get there, and access is prohibited during weather alerts. Trail 229 can be reached only from the Gola dell'Infernaccio. With ordinance no. 32 of July 17, 2026, the Comune di Montefortino reopened the section from the Valleria parking lot to the second junction for the Eremo di San Leonardo, with a mandatory certified mountaineering helmet. When the Protezione civile delle Marche issues a weather alert, the road from Rubbiano to the junction is closed, including on foot (ordinance no. 57/2021).
Distance
1.09 km
Elevation gain
+161 m
Elevation loss
−0 m
Lowest point
964 m
Highest point
1,125 m
Difficulty
E, hiking
Time
0 h 40 min (estimate)

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

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Forecast at the start

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Rules and orders: Park website. Snow and avalanches: Meteomont bulletin.

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Elevation profile
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Ascent
161 m
Descent
0 m
Lowest point
964 m
Highest point
1,125 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 229 to the Eremo di San Leonardo

It is an uninterrupted climb, with a gradient of around 15 percent from start to finish. The Comune di Montefortino describes this section as a passage through a centuries-old beech wood. Just before the hermitage there is a drinking water point.

At the hermitage, trail 229 meets trail 223, which continues for about 1.4 km to the Cascata Nascosta waterfall.

Trail 229 technical details

At the starting junction, according to the Comune, the left branch leads toward Capotenna, the source of the Tenna, and the right branch toward the hermitage. The section of the gorge leading to Capotenna, beyond the second junction for San Leonardo, instead remains closed to vehicles and pedestrians up to Arcofù, under 2020 ordinances.

Trail 229 map

The junction is reached on the first section of trail 221, from Rubbiano: this is the part of the Gola dell'Infernaccio reopened in 2026, where a helmet is mandatory. Along this section the Comune points out the Pisciarelle, small waterfalls coming down from Monte Zampa that form a ford.

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