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Trail 551 (Norcia): Castelluccio di Norcia (Sentiero Italia) – Rifugio Capanna Ghezzi

S Start: Castelluccio di Norcia (SI) · 1,413 m A Finish: Rifugio Capanna Ghezzi · 1,569 m

Map and track: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Trail facts

Start
Castelluccio di Norcia (SI) · 1,413 m
Finish
Rifugio Capanna Ghezzi · 1,569 m
Route
one way
Trail marker
551
Municipality
Norcia

Trail 551 starts from Castelluccio, in the municipality of Norcia, and ends at the Rifugio Capanna Ghezzi: 5.2 km, with about 250 m of ascent and 90 of descent. The start is at 1,413 m, at the point where the Sentiero Italia passes; the end at about 1,570 m. CAI difficulty grade: E.

Distance
5.24 km
Elevation gain
+248 m
Elevation loss
−93 m
Lowest point
1,323 m
Highest point
1,574 m
Difficulty
E, hiking
Time
1 h 50 min (estimate)

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

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Forecast at the start

  1. Today13° / 8°0.0 mmCloudy
  2. Tomorrow13° / 8°8.0 mmLight rain
  3. Friday10° / 7°32.8 mmHeavy rain

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
248 m
Descent
93 m
Lowest point
1,323 m
Highest point
1,574 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 551 (Norcia)

The trail begins downhill. From Castelluccio, where drinking water points are numerous, it descends for one and a half kilometers to about 1,325 m, passing below Colle Tamburo (1,374 m).

Three easy kilometers follow, on a very slight climb: eighty meters gained in all. Halfway along this section, at km 3.3, the trail crosses the Portella del Vao; at km 4.2 it passes the Fonte San Lorenzo spring, ten meters from the path.

The real climb is all at the end. In the last 700 meters after the spring the trail gains 170 m of elevation, on the flank of Monte Abuzzago (1,624 m), up to the Capanna Ghezzi, at 1,570 m: a small masonry building next to a farmhouse used by shepherds, run as a mountain hut by CAI until 2014.

Trail 551 (Norcia) technical details

On the way back the short initial descent becomes the final climb toward the village: about ninety meters.

Trail 551 (Norcia) map

The Capanna Ghezzi is the starting point of the Park's hiking route E17, "Sui passi del Guerrin Meschino" (In the footsteps of Guerrin Meschino), which descends via Colle Abieri and Palazzo Borghese to Foce di Montemonaco: 13.7 km, 990 m of elevation change, 4 hours and 40 minutes one way, graded EE. Trail 551 is therefore the way to reach the start of that traverse on foot from Castelluccio.

The stages of the CAI Sentiero Italia arriving from Norcia and from the Madonna delle Coste pass through Castelluccio.

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