Trail 321, Fiastra: SP47 – Forcella della Banditella
S Start: SP47 · 769 m A Finish: Forcella della Banditella · 1,801 m
Map and track: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Trail facts
- Start
- SP47 · 769 m
- Finish
- Forcella della Banditella · 1,801 m
- Route
- one way
- Trail marker
- 321
- Municipality
- Fiastra
Trail 321 starts from provincial road 47, in the municipality of Fiastra, at 769 m, and climbs to the Forcella della Banditella, a pass at 1,790 m. It is 8.7 km long, with about 1,180 m of ascent and 150 of descent. The first half is a long approach; almost all the climbing is in the second. CAI difficulty grade: E.
- Distance
- 8.67 km
- Elevation gain
- +1,178 m
- Elevation loss
- −148 m
- Lowest point
- 715 m
- Highest point
- 1,801 m
- Difficulty
- E, hiking
- Time
- 5 h 20 min (estimate)
From the OpenStreetMap track and the Copernicus DEM profile; time is an estimate.
Before you go
Forecast at the start
- Today12° / 7°0.1 mmCloudy
Forecast by MET Norway, updated automatically · license CC BY 4.0
Rules and orders: Park website. Snow and avalanches: Meteomont bulletin.
- Ascent
- 1,178 m
- Descent
- 148 m
- Lowest point
- 715 m
- Highest point
- 1,801 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 321
From the road the trail begins by descending: about fifty meters in the first 600 meters, down to 715 m. Then it climbs again slowly. For three and a half kilometers it gains barely 200 m, passing at km 3 the ruins of the Cascinali farmhouses.
At km 4.2, at around 940 m, things change. In two and a half kilometers the trail climbs 570 m, up to 1,500 m: it is the hardest section, with an average gradient above 23 percent.
A level break of 600 meters follows. At km 7.8, at about 1,580 m, there is a spring a few meters from the trail, the only one marked along the whole route. From there only the last steep push remains: 220 m of elevation gain in 900 meters, up to the pass.
Trail 321 technical details
It is not a loop and the end point is high up, far from roads: the simplest return is by the same route, which brings the outing to more than 17 km.
Trail 321 map
At the Forcella della Banditella trail 321 meets trail 279, which climbs from the Santuario di Macereto and continues to the summit of Monte Rotondo.
Nearby
What to see nearby
- Castle of the Varano (Fiastra)Ruins or archaeological site500 m
- 1.3 km
- 1.7 km
Where to stay
- Casale di Coglia, FiastraBivouac or unstaffed hut2.3 km
- 2.5 km
- 2.6 km
Where to eat
- Passamontagna Viaggi, FiastraGuides and excursions2.5 km
- Sasso Bianco, FiastraRestaurant2.6 km
- Avventura nel Parco, FiastraAdventure park2.7 km
Straight-line distances.