Trail 300 (Norcia): Forca dei Pantani – Fonte Pane e Cacio (AQ)
S Start: Forca dei Pantani · 1,619 m A Finish: Fonte Pane e Cacio (AQ) · 1,963 m
Map and track: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Trail facts
- Start
- Forca dei Pantani · 1,619 m
- Finish
- Fonte Pane e Cacio (AQ) · 1,963 m
- Route
- one way
- Trail marker
- 300
- Municipality
- Norcia
Warning: historic route with impassable sections. According to the survey by CAI Amatrice, some sections of the old trail 300 are impassable and must be bypassed with detours on site. Because of several landslides, a passage of about 70 meters between the Fosso di Selva Grande and the Fosso della Solagna is in precarious condition: CAI recommends it only to very experienced hikers.
This trail 300 is a historic route between Umbria, Lazio and Abruzzo: from the Forca dei Pantani, a mountain pass in the municipality of Norcia, to the Monti della Laga, ending at the Fonte Pane e Cacio spring, in the province of L'Aquila. It is 58.5 km long, with 2,843 m of ascent, 2,413 of descent and 21 hours and 45 minutes of walking: a multi-day itinerary, graded EE.
- Distance
- 54.29 km
- Elevation gain
- +2,757 m
- Elevation loss
- −2,411 m
- Lowest point
- 726 m
- Highest point
- 1,975 m
- Difficulty
- EE, experienced hikers
- Time
- 20 h 50 min (estimate)
From the OpenStreetMap track and the Copernicus DEM profile; time is an estimate.
Before you go
Forecast at the start
- Today9° / 3°0.0 mmCloudy
Forecast by MET Norway, updated automatically · license CC BY 4.0
Rules and orders: Park website. Snow and avalanches: Meteomont bulletin.
- Ascent
- 2,757 m
- Descent
- 2,411 m
- Lowest point
- 726 m
- Highest point
- 1,975 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 300 (Norcia)
The track on this page starts from the Forca dei Pantani, at about 1,610 m, and for eight kilometers coincides with the Sentiero Italia: it passes the Forca dei Copelli and descends to the church of Madonna delle Coste, at km 8.4, where there are water and picnic tables.
It continues downhill to Accumoli and its hamlets, the lowest point, at about 730 m, around km 12. A long stretch of hills and hamlets follows, between 860 and 1,080 m, with San Tommaso, Collalto, Rocchetta and the Santuario di Filetta, up to the center of Amatrice, at km 24.
The mountain section begins at Amatrice. The trail climbs to 1,500-1,570 m below Monte Doro and enters the area of the Laga waterfalls: Selva Grande at km 34, then Trecene and the Piani Fonte spring. After a descent to about 1,140 m and two climbs, the last section is the hardest: about 600 m of ascent in the final four kilometers, up to almost 1,970 m.
Trail 300 (Norcia) technical details
For almost its entire length, from Madonna delle Coste to around km 49, the route coincides with the main axis of the Cammino nelle Terre Mutate, and as far as Amatrice with the European long-distance path E1. Along the first half water points are frequent, in the villages; in the Laga section there are only a few springs.
Trail 300 (Norcia) map
At the end, above the Fonte Pane e Cacio, begins the Linea di cresta dei Monti della Laga (the Laga ridge line), which has its own page. At the Forca dei Pantani trail 300 connects with the Sentiero Italia toward Castelluccio and with trail 102. The starting section is in the municipality of Norcia; the rest is in Lazio, in the municipalities of Accumoli and Amatrice, and in Abruzzo.
Nearby
What to see nearby
- San Pellegrino (Norcia)Church3.8 km
- 3.8 km
- 4.3 km
Where to stay
- Colle le Cese, Arquata del TrontoMountain hut3.2 km
- Con Mario E Almerina, NorciaGuesthouse3.5 km
- Affittacamere Garibaldi, NorciaGuesthouse3.9 km
Where to eat
- Rifugio Perugia, NorciaRestaurant3.4 km
- Romcaffè, NorciaBar and café3.5 km
- Gabry Bar, NorciaBar and café5.0 km
Straight-line distances.