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Trail 280, Ussita: Bivacco Piani di Pao – Fonte Scentelle

S Start: Bivacco Piani di Pao · 1,571 m A Finish: Fonte Scentelle · 1,684 m

Map and track: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Trail facts

Start
Bivacco Piani di Pao · 1,571 m
Finish
Fonte Scentelle · 1,684 m
Route
one way
Trail marker
280
Municipality
Ussita

Trail 280 is a high-altitude traverse above Ussita: it starts from the area of the Bivacco Piani di Pao, at 1,571 m, and ends at the Fonte Scentelle spring, on trail 278, at 1,684 m. It is 4.3 km long, with about 195 m of ascent and 80 of descent. CAI difficulty grade: E.

Distance
4.33 km
Elevation gain
+193 m
Elevation loss
−79 m
Lowest point
1,571 m
Highest point
1,764 m
Difficulty
E, hiking
Time
1 h 30 min (estimate)

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

Before you go

Forecast at the start

  1. Today7° / 3°0.1 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
193 m
Descent
79 m
Lowest point
1,571 m
Highest point
1,764 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 280

The Bivacco Piani di Pao, marked as a shelter, is about a hundred meters from the start. The trail climbs at a gentle, steady gradient, around 5 percent, for three and a half kilometers; between km 0.35 and km 1 it coincides with trail 279, which climbs from Macereto to Monte Rotondo.

At km 2.6 the Croce di Monte Rotondo (1,926 m) is about three hundred meters higher up, and at km 3.6 the trail passes below the Forcella della Banditella, at 1,790 m. The highest point, at about 1,760 m, comes right after. The last section descends about 75 m: at km 4 the trail passes the Fonte Scentelle and at the end there is a drinking water point.

Trail 280 technical details

It is one of the most even trails in the area: no steep pitches, almost all of it between 1,600 and 1,760 m.

Trail 280 map

Trail 280 links two ascent routes: trail 279 from Macereto and trail 278 from Casali. Trail 321 also arrives at the Forcella della Banditella, just above the route.

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Straight-line distances.