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Trail 552, Arquata del Tronto: Pretare – Colle la Tesa

S Start: Pretare · 905 m A Finish: Colle la Tesa · 1,173 m

Map and track: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Trail facts

Start
Pretare · 905 m
Finish
Colle la Tesa · 1,173 m
Route
one way
Trail marker
552
Municipality
Arquata del Tronto

Above Pretare, a hamlet of Arquata del Tronto, trail 552 is a short, steep climb from the village to trail 503, on Colle la Tesa. It is 1.2 km and 260 m of elevation gain. Difficulty grade: E.

Distance
1.85 km
Elevation gain
+281 m
Elevation loss
−10 m
Lowest point
899 m
Highest point
1,175 m
Difficulty
E, hiking
Time
1 h 10 min (estimate)

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

Before you go

Forecast at the start

  1. Today11° / 6°0.2 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
281 m
Descent
10 m
Lowest point
899 m
Highest point
1,175 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 552

The start is at the edge of the village, at about 900 m. A parking lot is about a hundred meters away; nearby there are also a drinking water point and a picnic area.

The first two hundred meters are level. Then the trail begins to climb and never stops: the gradient stays the same up to about 1,170 m, where it meets trail 503. The summit of Colle la Tesa (1,161 m) is about a hundred meters from the trail, shortly before the end.

Trail 552 technical details

The trail is 1.2 km long, with 260 m of ascent.

The trail is managed by the Ascoli Piceno section of CAI.

Trail 552 map

Trail 552 ends on trail 503, which runs along the ridge between Pastina and Colle Galluccio. Trail 551 to the Passo del Galluccio also starts from Pretare, and the Cammino nelle Terre Mutate and the Grande Anello di Arquata pass through the village.

Nearby

Where to eat

Straight-line distances.