Trail 244, Amandola: Casaletto Grascette – Forcella Bassete
S Start: Casaletto Grascette · 1,701 m A Finish: Forcella Bassete · 1,707 m
Map and track: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Trail facts
- Start
- Casaletto Grascette · 1,701 m
- Finish
- Forcella Bassete · 1,707 m
- Route
- one way
- Trail marker
- 244
- Municipality
- Amandola
Trail 244 is a high-altitude traverse on the Amandola side: 3.5 km from Casaletto Grascette to Forcella Bassete, always between 1,630 and 1,710 m. It branches off trail 241 and rejoins it at the end: while trail 241 goes over the 1,917 m of Monte Castel Manardo, trail 244 stays lower.
- Distance
- 3.50 km
- Elevation gain
- +79 m
- Elevation loss
- −73 m
- Lowest point
- 1,628 m
- Highest point
- 1,707 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
- Today8° / 4°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
- 79 m
- Descent
- 73 m
- Lowest point
- 1,628 m
- Highest point
- 1,707 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 244
The start can be reached on foot: the Casaletto Grascette is on trail 241, about two and a half kilometers from the Rifugio Città di Amandola hut.
From the Casaletto, at about 1,700 m, the route loses elevation very slowly, some seventy meters in almost three kilometers. As far as the Casale Ara del Re the walk is on a cart track. Right after the start the trail passes the Fonte Grascette spring and the Casale Grascette farmhouse.
At km 2.6 it reaches the Casale Ara del Re, at about 1,620 m, where trail 243 arrives. A little further on the only climb begins, eighty meters of elevation gain in the last 700 meters, up to Forcella Bassete, at 1,701 m.
Trail 244 technical details
CAI difficulty E. In total there are about 80 m of ascent and 70 of descent.
Trail 244 is part of the Park's E6 hiking route, "Al cospetto della Regina" (In the presence of the Queen): an 18 km loop with 1,490 m of elevation gain, graded EE, which the Park lists at 6 hours and 30 minutes starting from Campolungo di Amandola.
Trail 244 map
At Forcella Bassete, trail 241 is rejoined toward the Sella di Pizzo Acuto. From the Casale Ara del Re, trail 243 leads toward the Fonte del Faggio.
Nearby
What to see nearby
- Monte AmandolaPeak500 m
- 1.8 km
- Prato Porfidia in MontefortinoRuins or archaeological site2.3 km
Where to stay
- Casale Grascette, AmandolaBivouac or unstaffed hut200 m
- Casale Gualberto, MontefortinoBivouac or unstaffed hut1.1 km
- Rifugio Valle Caprina, AmandolaBivouac or unstaffed hut1.4 km
Where to eat
- Osteria del Nonno, MontefortinoBar and café2.6 km
- Il Chioschetto nel bosco, MontefortinoRestaurant2.7 km
- Z Chalet, BolognolaBar and café3.0 km
Straight-line distances.