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Trail 581, Norcia: Forca di Ancarano – Valle del Patino

S Start: Forca di Ancarano · 1,008 m A Finish: Valle del Patino · 1,347 m

Map and track: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Trail facts

Start
Forca di Ancarano · 1,008 m
Finish
Valle del Patino · 1,347 m
Route
one way
Trail marker
581
Municipality
Norcia

This is the first section of trail 581: it starts from the Forca di Ancarano, a pass at 1,008 m, and climbs into the Valle del Patino up to 1,347 m, where the second section begins, the one that ends at the Forca di Giuda. It is 3.6 km and about 340 m of ascent, in the municipality of Norcia. CAI grades it T, tourist.

Distance
3.55 km
Elevation gain
+339 m
Elevation loss
−0 m
Lowest point
1,008 m
Highest point
1,347 m
Difficulty
T, easy walking
Time
1 h 35 min (estimate)

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

Before you go

Forecast at the start

  1. Today14° / 7°0.0 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
339 m
Descent
0 m
Lowest point
1,008 m
Highest point
1,347 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 581 (Forca di Ancarano - Valle del Patino)

From the Forca di Ancarano, where there are a parking lot and the Fonte d'Ancarano spring, the trail climbs at a gentle, steady gradient, around 10 percent, without descents. At km 2.65 it passes about sixty meters from the Tecchia di Patino, at 1,275 m, the cave the Park calls Grotta di Patino. In the last half kilometer the track coincides with the Sentiero Italia, which climbs from Norcia toward Castelluccio.

Trail 581 (Forca di Ancarano - Valle del Patino) technical details

The Forca di Giuda, end point of the whole trail 581, is 2.5 km further on and about 450 m higher: the second section leads there.

Trail 581 (Forca di Ancarano - Valle del Patino) map

Trail 581 is part of the Park's hiking route E14: according to its description, the loop starts from the Forca di Ancarano picnic area and climbs past the Grotta di Patino, which is on this trail; it then touches Monte delle Rose and the Forca di Giuda and returns on trail 582. The loop is 10.7 km long, with 970 m of elevation gain and 5 hours and 40 minutes counterclockwise; the Park grades it EE. Trails 582, 501 and 511 also start from the same pass.

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