Trail 260, Castelsantangelo sul Nera: Macchie – Frontignano di Ussita

The route of trail 260

In Macchie there is a drinking water point right at the start, near the church of San Giovanni Battista, and a parking lot about 200 meters away.

The profile comes in three phases: first level, then downhill, and finally uphill. For two kilometers the trail stays almost at the same elevation, around 1,080-1,090 m. Then it descends, gently at first and then more steeply, to the lowest point: 922 m, at km 3.5. Here the trail is below Nocria, the hamlet less than 200 meters from the route, where there is another water point.

From there the climb back begins, all in one go: 385 m of elevation gain in one kilometer and six hundred meters, with a gradient close to 25 percent. The trail passes beside Sammerlano and reaches Frontignano.

Trail 260 technical details

In the opposite direction, from Frontignano to Macchie, the effort is reversed: a long descent, steep at first, a moderate climb of 170 m in the middle and level ground at the end.

Trail 260 map

Trail 259 also starts from Macchie, climbing straight toward the ridge and reaching trail 257 at 1,773 m. About a kilometer and a half as the crow flies, in the Frontignano area, is the Piazzale Saliere, where trails 271 and 272 to Monte Bove begin; they are closed even on foot until December 31, 2026 under Municipality of Ussita ordinance no. 48 of August 25, 2026.