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Trail 259, Castelsantangelo sul Nera: Macchie – trail N257

S Start: Macchie · 1,079 m A Finish: Sentiero N257 · 1,773 m

Map and track: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Trail facts

Start
Macchie · 1,079 m
Finish
Sentiero N257 · 1,773 m
Route
one way
Trail marker
259
Municipality
Castelsantangelo sul Nera

From Macchie, a hamlet of Castelsantangelo sul Nera, trail 259 climbs straight toward the ridge: three kilometers for almost 700 m of elevation gain, from 1,079 m in the village to 1,773 m at the junction with trail 257. There is not a single meter of descent. CAI difficulty E.

Distance
3.06 km
Elevation gain
+694 m
Elevation loss
−0 m
Lowest point
1,079 m
Highest point
1,773 m
Difficulty
E, hiking
Time
2 h 40 min (estimate)

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

Before you go

Forecast at the start

  1. Today11° / 5°0.3 mmCloudy

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
694 m
Descent
0 m
Lowest point
1,079 m
Highest point
1,773 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 259

The start is about a hundred meters from the parking lot and the church of Sant'Antonio.

The gradient is steep and even, around 25 percent, for the first two and a half kilometers: every 200 meters of walking means some fifty meters of elevation. Two springs along the route mark the climb. The Fonte Raiole comes early, after 500 meters, at about 1,200 m. The Fonte del Lupo is much higher, at km 2.5, at 1,700 m: this is where the gradient finally eases.

The last 600 meters gain some seventy meters and lead onto trail 257.

Trail 259 technical details

It is a one-way trail: it ends on another trail, at altitude.

Trail 259 map

On trail 257 there are two possible directions. One way, in a kilometer and a half of descent, the trail passes below Monte Cornaccione and reaches the Belvedere ski lifts. The other way, trail 257 climbs to the Passo Cattivo (1,869 m), about 1.4 km away, and continues along the ridge to Monte Porche.

For the Cornaccione area, the Park reports an ordinance of the Comune di Ussita, no. 48 of August 25, 2026, which prohibits vehicle and pedestrian traffic until December 31, 2026 because of the construction site of the Frontignano-Cornaccione gondola lift: anyone planning to descend that way should first check the Park's ordinance map.

Nearby

Straight-line distances.