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EXCURSION
A simple walk or a real excursion in Mount Subasio National Park. There are paths of varying levels of difficulty, various itineraries, for an experience in contact with nature; the itineraries are of different length and are organised by CAI (Italian Alpinism Centre) they take you into The Subasio park allowing you to discover unique landscapes. If you open the files you will find the itineraries proposed, each one labelled with a letter according to the level of difficulty: T*=Touristic: an itinerary that doesn't present any particular difficulty, on a good path without excessive slopes or uneveness.Requires climbing equipment for a medium sized mountain, wiyh boots and rucksack. E* = Excursion: Itinineraries following impervious paths or tracks on steep slopes but never dangerous.There may be single crossings of unexposed holes. A certain amount of experience is required and some familiarity with mountainous environments as well as a good level of training. These make up the vast majority of the walking excursions in our mountains. EE* = Excursions for experts only: routes traversing areas, sometimes quite long, with no path, with difficult parts requiring equipment, presenting some challenges in terms of orientation. Requiring a level of physical training and experience far superior to the preceeding cases. Necessitating a firm step and no vertigo. In case of snow, an ice pick and crampon. EEA*= Expert climbers only with equipment: these are extremely difficult routes requiring the use of ropes and sec urity equipment. *This classification is supplied by CAI of Foligno. PATH
The network of paths traversing Mount Subasio made up of 14 signposted footpaths, designed to connect all the villages around the mountain, and moreover, the many railway stations that allow one fantastic crossings. Thanks to the work of the Foligno section of CAI there is also a map of the routes and footpaths. The map, concieved and produced entirely by CAI's voluntary workers, with the help of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) shows 14 signposted paths and is the most reliable products in this sector. Every path is labelled with the difference in level, the length in km, and the level of difficulty. For further information or requests about the Footpath Map go to www.caifoligno.it or E-mail:caifoligno@tin.it. Mount Subasio is circumscribed by the Foligno-Torontola railway line on the South West side and the Foligno- Ancona line to the East. We strongly advise you to make your return journey by train. The railway stations relevant to the suggested itineraries are: Assisi- Spello (Foligno – Terontola line); Capod'acqua P.F.,Valtopina, Nocera Umbra (Foligno – Ancona line). The path are: Sentiero dei Mortai (Assisi - Spello path n. 50) Sentiero Francescano (Assisi - Nocera Umbra path n. 51) Collepino - Monte Subasio (path n. 52) Sentiero dei fossi (S.Giovanni - Montarone path n.53) Tre Fontane - Fonte Bregno (path n.54) Armenzano - Monte Subasio (path n. 55) Abbazia di S.Benedetto - Il Lago (path n. 56) Monte Civitelle - Valtopina (path n. 57) S.Giovanni - Madonna della Spella (path n. 58) Armenzano - Mulino di Valentino (path n. 59) Eremo delle Carceri - Pontecentesimo (path n.60) Costa di Trex - Monte Subasio (path n. 61) Ponte S.Vittorino - Armenzano (path n. 62) It is important to remember that: Assisi station is situated in Santa Maria degli Angeli and is connected to Assisi by public transort buses that leave from the bus terminus in Piazza Matteotti every 30 minutes (10' and 40' after every hour, including weekends and holidays). Porta Capuccini, starting poimnt for the itineraries, is 200 metres from this terminus. Spello station is situated just outside the walls of the lower town, path n° 50 terminates at Fonte Bulgarella, next to the walls of the upper part of the town. Capodacqua P.F. station is at Pontecentesimo, where path number 60 ends. Valtopina station is situated at the end of path n° 57. Nocera Umbra station is at the end of path 51. All you need to do to organise your trip is to look through the train time-table booklet. You may find that only a limited number of trains stop at some of these stations. Groups of a minimum 25 people can request a special stop for local and direct trains providing they phone the Ancona F.S. department six or seven days earlier, and ask for the Timetables Office (Ufficio Orari), and state clearly the date, the train number and the station at which the special stop is required. Each footpath is marked with a small flag rectangular in shape with a vertical red white red stripe pattern at the centre of which is the number indicating the path number; while along the more obvious paths without crossroads there are path indicators. |
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