Trail 251 (Castelsantangelo sul Nera): Forca di Gualdo – Monte Pian Falcone

The route of trail 251 (Castelsantangelo sul Nera)

The trail starts from the pass, where there are parking lots, drinking water, a picnic area and the church of the Madonna della Cona.

There are no steep pitches and no level sections: the gradient stays around 12 percent from the first meter to the last, about 120 m of elevation per kilometer. After 750 meters the trail passes some sixty meters from the Fonte della Ceppara, the only marked spring.

In the upper part the trail runs below Monte Lieto (1,944 m), whose summit is about 300 meters away. It reaches a pass at 1,842 m, where trail 252 also climbs from Nocelleto; the summit of Monte Pian Falcone (1,854 m) is just beyond, along trail 252.

Trail 251 (Castelsantangelo sul Nera) technical details

There are no downhill sections.

Starting by car from Forca di Gualdo, trail 251 is the shortest way to reach the Pian Falcone: from the valley floor, on trail 252, the climb is more than a thousand meters.

Trail 251 (Castelsantangelo sul Nera) map

Trail 251 is a section of the Park's E11 hiking route, "Nel territorio del cervo" (In red deer country), which walks it downhill: the route climbs from Nocelleto on trail 252 and descends this way to Forca di Gualdo, then continues toward Gualdo on trail 253. The complete loop is 14.9 km, with 1,200 m of elevation gain and 5 hours and 30 minutes of walking, graded EE.