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Trail 331 (Valfornace): San Maroto – Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena

S Start: San Maroto · 424 m A Finish: Chiesa S. Maria Maddalena · 1,108 m

Map and track: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Trail facts

Start
San Maroto · 424 m
Finish
Chiesa S. Maria Maddalena · 1,108 m
Route
one way
Trail marker
331
Municipality
Valfornace

Trail 331 climbs from San Maroto, starting on the valley floor at 424 m, to the Romanesque church of Santa Maria Maddalena, at 1,112 m, in the municipality of Valfornace: 5.7 km, with about 815 m of ascent and 130 of descent. CAI grades it T, tourist.

Distance
5.72 km
Elevation gain
+814 m
Elevation loss
−131 m
Lowest point
424 m
Highest point
1,108 m
Difficulty
T, easy walking
Time
3 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. Today14° / 9°0.2 mmPartly cloudy

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
814 m
Descent
131 m
Lowest point
424 m
Highest point
1,108 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 331 (Valfornace)

At the start there are a drinking water point and a parking lot; after three hundred meters the trail passes about seventy meters from the church of San Giusto. The first kilometer is almost level.

The climb begins at km 1.2: about 240 m in one kilometer and two hundred meters, up to about 710 m. A short descent of about sixty meters follows, then the climb resumes steadily. At km 4.2 the trail passes the Trocchi di San Maroto spring, with a water point, and shortly after trail 332 arrives. The last 1.2 km are the steepest, over 200 m of elevation gain, up to the church, where there is a picnic area and, a little further on, a pass at 1,116 m.

Trail 331 (Valfornace) technical details

Despite the T grade, the elevation change is considerable: over 800 m of ascent, and as much descent on the way back.

Points of interest along trail 331 (Valfornace)

The Comune di Valfornace describes Santa Maria Maddalena as an isolated Romanesque church on a plateau above San Maroto, at 1,112 m, marking the boundary between the territories of four municipalities: Pievebovigliana, Fiastra, Caldarola and Cessapalombo. In San Maroto, at the start, stands the Romanesque church of San Giusto, from the 11th-12th century.

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