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Sibillini trail 242 (Amandola): Rifugio Città di Amandola – Garulla Superiore

S Start: Rifugio Città di Amandola · 1,277 m A Finish: Garulla Superiore · 890 m

Map and track: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Trail facts

Start
Rifugio Città di Amandola · 1,277 m
Finish
Garulla Superiore · 890 m
Route
one way
Trail marker
242
Municipality
Amandola

Sibillini trail 242 in Amandola links Garulla Superiore, a hamlet of Amandola at about 890 m, to the area of the Rifugio Città di Amandola hut. It covers 3.9 km, difficulty E.

Distance
3.89 km
Elevation gain
+191 m
Elevation loss
−578 m
Lowest point
890 m
Highest point
1,461 m
Difficulty
E, hiking
Time
2 h 15 min (estimate)

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

Before you go

Forecast at the start

  1. 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.

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Elevation profile
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Ascent
191 m
Descent
578 m
Lowest point
890 m
Highest point
1,461 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 242 in Amandola

Trail 242 does not start right at the hut but from trail 241, about 350 meters further on, at 1,280 m. The first kilometer is uphill: the trail gains 180 m to about 1,460 m, the highest point.

From there on it is all downhill, almost 580 m in less than three kilometers, with the steepest part between km 1.5 and km 2.5. Halfway down the trail crosses the Fuoriporta itinerary 5, the one through the Valle Caprina. The last section passes below Monte Castella (1,060 m) and reaches Garulla Superiore, where there is a spring and a drinking water point.

Trail 242 (Amandola) technical details

Climbing from Garulla involves about 580 m of elevation gain, and about 190 m of descent, almost all on the final section toward trail 241.

At the Rifugio Città di Amandola there is a parking lot, a drinking water point and picnic tables.

Sibillini trail 242 (Amandola) map

Garulla is an overnight stop on the Grande Anello dei Sibillini: the Park has stage G4 arrive here from Monastero and stage G5 leave for Rubbiano. Trail 242 is therefore also a link between the Grande Anello and the high trails of Monte Amandola, trails 241 and 228.

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