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Pioraco Trail 241A: Ormagnano – trail 241

S Start: 487 m A Finish: 888 m

Map and track: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Trail facts

Start
Start · 487 m
Finish
Finish · 888 m
Route
one way
Trail marker
241A
Municipality
Pioraco

Trail 241A in Pioraco is the route for those who want to climb toward Monte Primo from Ormagnano, one of its hamlets: 2.3 km leading from 490 m on the valley floor to trail 241, at about 890 m. CAI difficulty E.

Distance
2.26 km
Elevation gain
+442 m
Elevation loss
−39 m
Lowest point
487 m
Highest point
910 m
Difficulty
E, hiking
Time
1 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° / 8°0.4 mmPartly cloudy

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
40050060070080090010000 km1 km2 km40050060070080090010000 km1 km2 km
Ascent
442 m
Descent
39 m
Lowest point
487 m
Highest point
910 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 241A

The trail begins just below Ormagnano and crosses the hamlet after less than 300 meters, at about 520 m of elevation. From here the climb is continuous and gradually steeper: about 190 m of elevation gain in the first kilometer, 220 in the second.

At km 1.1, at 724 m, trail 241E branches off, a traverse leading to trail 241B. Trail 241A keeps climbing to about 910 m, the highest point, then descends some twenty meters in the last 200 meters and reaches trail 241.

Trail 241A technical details

In total the trail climbs about 440 m and descends 40.

Trail 241A map

The end point is two thirds of the way up trail 241, the one that starts from the center of Pioraco: from the junction 450 meters and 190 m of elevation gain remain to reach 1,080 m, where trails 241B and 242 also converge.

Compared with trail 241, trail 241A is longer and less steep: it reaches the same elevation with an average gradient of around 20 percent, about half.

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