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Trail 560 (Norcia): Castelluccio di Norcia – Coste Forconi

S Start: Castelluccio di Norcia · 1,421 m A Finish: Coste Forconi · 1,787 m

Map and track: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Trail facts

Start
Castelluccio di Norcia · 1,421 m
Finish
Coste Forconi · 1,787 m
Route
one way
Trail marker
560
Municipality
Norcia

Trail 560 climbs from Castelluccio di Norcia, at 1,421 m, toward the Coste Forconi slopes, at 1,787 m, below Poggio di Croce: 4.6 km and about 370 m of ascent, without descents. CAI difficulty grade: E.

Distance
4.61 km
Elevation gain
+369 m
Elevation loss
−0 m
Lowest point
1,421 m
Highest point
1,789 m
Difficulty
E, hiking
Time
1 h 50 min (estimate)

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

Before you go

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
140015001600170018000 km1 km2 km3 km4 km140015001600170018000 km1 km2 km3 km4 km
Ascent
369 m
Descent
0 m
Lowest point
1,421 m
Highest point
1,789 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 560 (Norcia)

The start is in the village, where there are numerous drinking water points and a picnic area. The climb is steady along the whole route, with an average gradient of 8 percent, a little steeper in the last one and a half kilometers.

At km 0.8 the trail passes below Monte Veletta (1,614 m), about 180 meters from the trail. At km 3.1 the Fonte Conserva spring is about three hundred meters from the route, and at km 4 the summit of Poggio di Croce (1,833 m) is at a similar distance. The end is on the Coste Forconi.

Trail 560 (Norcia) technical details

For almost its whole length, up to km 4.3, trail 560 coincides with the CAI Sentiero Italia on the stage that runs from Castelluccio toward the Madonna delle Coste.

Trail 560 (Norcia) map

Trail 560 is the ascent of the Park's hiking route E13, "Sul fondo del lago scomparso" (On the bed of the vanished lake): from Castelluccio to Poggio di Croce, then to Monte Ventòsola and back across the Pian Grande on trail 556. The loop is 21.9 km long, with 670 m of elevation gain and 6 hours counterclockwise, graded E; the Park lists it as open and subject to maintenance.

The Piani di Castelluccio, at the foot of the climb, were according to the Park the bed of a vast lake in the Pliocene.

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