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1) CAI ITALIA TRAIL: Latronico > Castelsaraceno

Arrival: Castelsaraceno

HIKING TRAIL

This stage of the Sentiero Italia CAI does not require any particular technical skills. The effort is due to the length of the route and the almost one thousand metres of positive height difference to be tackled. For this reason it is an itinerary of medium difficulty suitable for expert hikers with good physical training.

The itinerary

From Piazza Umberto I, after crossing part of the village through narrow streets, passing through the Pineta Comunale (Municipal Pinewood), the route continues steeply in places, flanking Mount Difesella, as far as the wind farms and then gently up to the locality of Salicone (or Arenara).

From here it climbs steadily up to the Santa Croce peak (altitude 1893), one of the three peaks of Monte Alpi, an important massif on the north-western border of the Pollino National Park.

The first stretch, up to Fontanelle spring (altitude 1165), is on a cart track, then on a path passing by Gavitoni spring (altitude 1550) and Piana Fiorita, a locality also reached by a cart track from the south-west side of Monte Alpi and frequented by locals for trips out of town.

From Piana Fiorita, the trail climbs among the beech trees until it almost reaches the saddle on the ridge (1835 m) between the peaks of Pizzo Falcone (1900 m) and Santa Croce, where it meets trail 970, and where it is easy to come across herds of Podolica cows grazing in the summer. From the saddle, walk along the rocky ridge to the Santa Croce peak.

Continue along the ridge towards the Punta del Corvo peak and then descend on the eastern side of the massif through the dense Favino beech forest to the refuge of the same name (1348 m), where there is a spring. Following the horizontal signs, we take a short stretch of tarmac and then the “Tratturo Regio” that leads directly to the small village of Castelsaraceno, the end of the stage.

From here we climb steadily to the Santa Croce peak (1893 m), one of the three peaks of Monte Alpi, an important massif on the north-western border of the Pollino National Park.

The first stretch, up to the Fontanelle spring (1165 m), is on a cart track, then on a path passing by the Gavitoni spring (1550 m) and Piana Fiorita, a locality also reached by a cart track from the south-west side of Monte Alpi and frequented by locals for trips out of town.

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Length: 15 km

Medium to long route

Average duration: 1 day

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Degree of difficulty: EE

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Maximum altitude: 1,848 m

Maximum altitude reached

Physical effort: HIGH

By duration, development and length

Elevation: +1,009 metres

Quantity in metres of positive development

Starting altitude: 837 m

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Departure: Latronico

Departure from: Latronico

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2) CAI ITALIA TRAIL: Castelsaraceno > Conserva

The Sentiero Italia CAI: from the Julian Alps to the Matterhorn, from Gran Sasso to Etna, passing through the Apennines and landing on the islands, also passes through the village of Castelsaraceno in Basilicata to discover the beauty, charm and traditions of the inland areas.

It starts in Friuli Venezia Giulia and descends to Veneto and Trentino, then moves on to Lombardy, Val d’Aosta and Piedmont, Emilia Romagna, Umbria and Marche, Abruzzo and on to Campania, Basilicata, Sicily and Sardinia to discover the most new and inaccessible trails.

The Sentiero Italia of the CAI – Club Alpino Italiano – is a precious collective heritage to leave to future generations. Not only that, it represents a real new way of spending a slow, healthy and sustainable holiday in contact with nature. The result of this magnificent project is a complete route, from north to south and including the islands, carefully signposted and maintained: “a green motorway” of over 7,000 kilometres with around 500 stages that crosses 20 Italian regions, from north to south. A “green” opportunity to travel the Boot on foot.The world’s longest trail in the world’s most beautiful country – Italy – which passes where the world’s longest Tibetan bridge is located. Castelsaraceno is the meeting point of Italian records and uniqueness.

There are eight stages of the SICAI in Basilicata, but they are definitely worth the trip, because they hold surprises in store, from the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Pollino, with its panorama of the most beautiful peaks of the massif and the presence of the characteristic loricate pines, to the ancient village of Latronico, famous for its craftsmanship in grey stone; from the beautiful heart-shaped village of Castelsaraceno and its longest Tibetan bridge in the world to the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Sirino, to the village of Lagonegro which, according to legend, houses the remains of Lisa Gherardini, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, in the church of San Nicola.

Arrival: Castelsaraceno

HIKING TRAIL

The itinerary

Leaving the Pollino National Park on Mount Alpi, we head towards the Lucanian Apennines National Park, whose southern offshoot is the Sirino Massif. The route starts uphill, through the narrow streets of the ancient village of Castelsaraceno, known for the traditional festival of the ‘Ndenna, one of the oldest arboreal rites in Lucania.

From the historic centre, a path leads to the cemetery, passing by the beautiful and majestic Tibetan bridge, the longest in the world, inaugurated in July 2021. From the cemetery, the route proceeds easily to Tempa del Conte, first on an asphalt inter-modal road and then on a cart track, where it is possible to find stagnant water during rainy periods. Still on asphalt, after about 6.5 km, we arrive in Chiaito, where we again take the path that, having skirted the southern slope of Serra Giumenta, leads to the Lauria Conserva municipal road.

After about a kilometre on asphalt, the last stretch of the path leads through the beech trees of the Conserva wood to the refuge of the same name. The structure serves the small ski resort with a slope that connects to Lake Laudemio, in the countryside of Lagonegro, from which other small slopes depart.

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Length: 27.5 km

On a marked and signposted path

Duration: 1-2 days

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Degree of difficulty: EE

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Route: A > B

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Maximum altitude: 1,432 m

Maximum altitude reached

Physical effort: HIGH

By duration, development and length

Elevation: +975 m

Quantity in metres of positive development

Quota at departure or minimum quota

Departure: Castelsaraceno

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3) Itinerary of popular religiosity

Among the highest peaks in Basilicata at the northern edge of the UNESCO Pollino Geopark, Monte Alpi rises up between the countryside of Castelsaraceno with its twin summits Santa Croce (1893 m) and Pizzo Falcone (1900 m). A clod of cretaceous limestone with a wedge-shaped profile, it is characterised by the presence of the Loricate Pines that inhabit this house of rocks. Cliffs and large beech forests coexist, giving value to the nature reserve. Its name is thought to derive from the word “arpo”, a sickle used by the local people for cutting grasses and harvesting grain by hand.

Castelsaraceno is a village in Basilicata nestled between Mount Alpi and Mount Raparo, between the Pollino and Lucano Apennine National Parks and the biodiversity of their ecosystems. Its landscape is this generous book of life written on many pages, scented with aromatic plants and medicinal herbs, green pastures, cowbells and refreshments for the herds, beech woods and wind on the peaks, neighbourhoods of genuine food and intimate Saracen arcades. Seven thousand four hundred and eighteen hectares of territory, a square of land and souls, lines of a dance that, between 1900 and 670 metres of altitude, invites us to the centre of nature, accompanying us along the hospitable sides of its itineraries.

Departure: Castelsaraceno

HIKING TRAIL

This route does not require any technical skills. The effort is classified as moderate-medium due to a slight total positive height difference. It is therefore suitable for inexperienced hikers with a basic level of physical fitness. Water and suitable clothing are necessary.

The itinerary

A relay race of pine and chestnut trees leads us to the beech wood – which in the winter season preserves a small lake – and then guides us on the steps of popular religiosity, walked by the community of Castelsaraceno over centuries.

As if counting the concentric circles of trees, the village involves generations around its history, like a prayer with which mankind turns to nature, in the tree rites emerges all the sacred that resides in the connection of people with their roots.

An echo of the agricultural-pastoral economy and of the populations of northern Europe who found safe medieval strongholds here, the tree weddings still celebrate a visceral symbiosis, a strong identity that gratefully greets its entrance into the summer season every year.

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Length: 27.5 km

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Average duration: 1 to 2 days

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Degree of difficulty: EE

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Route: A > B

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Maximum altitude: 1,432 m

Maximum altitude reached

Physical effort: HIGH

By duration, development and length

Elevation: +975 m

Hikers used to the mountain environment

Starting altitude: 906 m

Quota at departure or minimum quota

Departure: Castelsaraceno

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4) Itinerary of Nevera

Departure: Castelsaraceno

HIKING TRAIL

The itinerary

The nevera is a characteristic circular excavation where the mountain people used to collect snow and transport it to the village in jute sacks in summer. Also known as an ice-house, it was used to practise a technique already experimented in ancient times, as far back as the Mesopotamian civilisation of the Sumerians.

From the Bosco Favino car park, looking towards the face of Monte Alpi, the itinerary opens up on the right, leading to a place practised by the community in the years marked by the stories of grandfathers and grandmothers. The edge of the path is traced by the red colour of the Rosa canina berries to the fresh aroma of the pine needles, plants of Cardo niveo, Belladonna, Santoreggia montana and a fascinating inedible mushroom (Oudemainsella mucida known as Fungo porcellana) that appears on old trunks and fallen branches and whose viscous consistency gives the species lustre and transparency, drawing glassy appearances in its colonies of organisms.

From the car park of Bosco Favino, looking towards the face of Monte Alpi, the itinerary opens up on the right leading to a place practised by the community in the years marked by the stories of grandfathers and grandmothers. The edge of the path is traced by the red colour of the Rosa canina berries to the fresh aroma of the pine needles, plants of Cardo niveo, Belladonna, Santoreggia montana and a fascinating inedible mushroom (Oudemainsella mucida known as Fungo porcellana) that appears on old trunks and fallen branches and whose viscous consistency gives shine and transparency to the species, drawing glassy appearances in its colonies of organisms.

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Length: 2.5 km

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Average duration: from 1h 15m

Maximum altitude reached

Degree of difficulty: E

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Route: Ring

We set off and arrive at the starting point

Maximum altitude: 1,505m

Maximum altitude reached

Physical effort: MEDIUM

By duration, development and length

Elevation: +88 m

Hikers used to the mountain environment

Starting altitude: 1,339m

Quota at departure or minimum quota

Departure: Castelsaraceno

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5) Itinerary peaks and biodiversity

HIKING TRAIL

This stage on the CAI path does not require any particular technical skills. However, the physical commitment is high, and the itinerary is suitable for experienced hikers with good physical preparation, equipped with suitable high mountain clothing and a good supply of water.

The itinerary

Track CAI path 970, the itinerary is chiselled through a mixed wood of pines, alders and dog rose bushes, leading to the heart of Bosco Favino – where there is a fountain of very fresh water and a picnic area with various tables and benches – and then to the mountain ridge via a steep climb. Inside the wood, in support of the past agricultural economy, there are roofing tiles and numerous charcoal pits, known locally as “kilns” where charcoal was produced from beech wood. Alternating its generous beauty of colours and scents depending on the season you choose to walk through it, protected by the majestic community of beech trees, the area is an ideal habitat for Europe’s rarest beetle, the Rosalia alpina, and for the Carlina gummifera. Caressing the two peaks of Santa Croce and Pizzo Falcone, the buzzard and the red kite keep watch over the woods on the slopes of Monte Alpi. The area is also home to a number of species of beetle.

ON THE SUMMIT OF SANTA CROCE

After crossing the Faggi hinge, the gaze opens up on the horizon to the summit of Pizzo Falcone and extends to the north over the high Val d’Agri, to the east over the system of clayey gullies towards the Ionian Sea, to the west over Sirino, the Tyrrhenian coast and the highest peaks of Cilento; to the south, over Mount Zaccana and Mount Spina, Mount Pollino and, in ideal conditions, even the Sila reserve..

Traced by CAI path 970, the itinerary is chiselled through a mixed wood of pines, alders and dog rose bushes, leading to the heart of Bosco Favino – where there is a fresh water fountain and a picnic area with various tables and benches – and then to the mountain ridge via a steep climb.

Inside the wood, in support of the past agricultural economy, there are roof tiles and numerous charcoal pits, known locally as “kilns”, where charcoal was produced from beech wood. Alternating its generous beauty of colours and scents depending on the season you choose to walk through it, protected by the majestic community of beech trees, the area is an ideal habitat for Europe’s rarest beetle, the Rosalia alpina, and for the Carlina gummifera. Caressing the two peaks of Santa Croce and Pizzo Falcone, the buzzard and the red kite watch over the woods on the slopes of Monte Alpi.

ON THE SUMMIT OF SANTA CROCE

Having crossed the Faggiera hinge, your gaze opens to the horizon over the summit of Pizzo Falcone and extends northwards over the upper Val d’Agri, eastwards over the system of clayey gullies towards the Ionian Sea, westwards over Sirino, the Tyrrhenian coast and the highest peaks of Cilento; southwards, over Mount Zaccana and Mount Spina, Mount Pollino and, in ideal conditions, even the Sila reserve.

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Length: 7.7 km

On a marked and signposted path

Average duration: 3h 40min

The duration varies according to your training

Degree of difficulty: EE

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Route: outward / return

We set off and arrive at the starting point

Maximum altitude: 1,912 m

Maximum altitude reached

Physical effort: HIGH

Calculated on the slight positive height difference

Elevation: +648 m

Hikers used to the mountain environment

Starting altitude: 1,325 m

Quota at departure or minimum quota

Departure: Castelsaraceno

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6) Itinerary of stone and Loricate pines

HIKING TRAIL

This pleasant and shady route does not present any technical difficulties. It follows an unpaved forest road, initially unpaved and compact, which crosses a dense and very beautiful broadleaf forest and then climbs, still on an unpaved road, under the rocky coast passing through some small quarries to the magnificent viewpoint of the Loricate pines. Just before the belvedere there is a beautiful wooden watchtower, which can be climbed. Panoramic plateau with

The itinerary

Round trip that starts from the experience structure of the ‘Ndenna: from the beech wood one enters the path that leads to the Belvedere dei pini Loricati, passing a rocky wall characterised by snow-white stratifications that fade into grey shades populated by “stone-cracking” ferns. On the path, there are White Carmine, Dog Rose, White Maple and Ivy. Above the arrival at the Belvedere dei Pini loricati, there are flights of kestrels, red kites, ravens, eagle owls and buzzards. From the lookout tower, a gravel section leads to the return path inside a beech wood, descending between stones and white boulders among the leaves and steps..

It is accessible to the south from Piè d’Alpi and the SP 19 Moliternese, to the west from the itinerary of popular religiosity and to the east from the itinerary that accompanies the nevera, which can be reached from the SP 40 that connects the territory of Castelsaraceno to that of Carbone. .

THE BELVEDERE ON THE PINI LORICATI

Crossing the panoramic ridge where the itinerary culminates, it is possible to admire, on the left, the wall of Monte Alpi where the Pinus loricato (Pinus leucodermis), emblem of the Pollino National Park, grows and resists. An image of a solid dialogue between wind currents, high latitudes and impervious terrain, this species has been sculpted over the centuries in an apparently inhospitable place. An adaptation modelled over time and which resists, silently, on the unspoilt edge of the Castelsaraceno area, in some places in Calabria and among the landscapes of the Balkans. The name derives from the conformation of its bark, which recalls the armour of Roman legionaries. Its marble bearing inspires beauty that whispers its power from the exercise of grasping what is rare, extraordinary on the routes of our daily lives..

A ring-route that begins at the ‘Ndenna experience structure: from the beech wood you enter the path leading to the Belvedere dei pini Loricati, passing a rocky wall characterised by snow-white stratifications that fade into grey shades populated by “stone-crushing” ferns.

On the path, there are White Karolina, Dog Rose, White Maple and Ivy. Above the arrival at the Belvedere dei Pini loricati, there are flights of kestrels, red kites, ravens, eagle owls and buzzards. From the lookout tower, a gravel section leads to the return path inside a beech wood, descending between stones and white boulders among the leaves and steps.

It is accessible to the south from Piè d’Alpi and the SP 19 Moliternese road, to the west from the itinerary of popular religiosity and to the east from the itinerary leading to the nevera, which can be reached from the SP 40 road connecting the territory of Castelsaraceno to that of Carbone.

THE VIEWPOINT OVER THE LORICATE PINES

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Length: 3.2 km

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Average duration: 1h 20m

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Degree of difficulty: E

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Route: Ring

We set off and arrive at the starting point

Maximum altitude: 1,448 m

Belvedere of the Loricate Pines

Physical effort: MEDIUM

Calculated on the slight positive height difference

Elevation: +203 m

Hikers used to the mountain environment

Starting altitude: 1,304 m

Bosco Favino car park

Departure: Castelsaraceno

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7) Itinerary of hollies and medicinal herbs

Departure: Piè d'Alpi

HIKING TRAIL

This route does not require any particular technical skills. The effort is due to the development and the 342 metres of positive height difference to be faced. For this reason it is a route of medium difficulty suitable for experienced hikers with good physical training.

The itinerary

The itinerary begins on the SP 19 Moliternese road, in Piè d’Alpi, and follows a route that plunges through the countryside of Contrada Frusci until it skirts the slopes of the mountain, offering evocative views of the rocky majesty of the nature reserve.

At the base of the rocky bastion that rises sheer for over 500 metres, where the rock gives way to soft clay undulations, it is possible to observe unusual specimens of holly, which here takes on a tree-like appearance. Some colossal yews, certainly over 100 years old, complete the picture.

Along the way, you will also come across numerous species of medicinal herbs, including wild thistle, hawthorn, dog rose, snowy witch with its characteristic white tips, mountain santoreggia, wild prunus and imperato saffron.

The itinerary continues until it enters completely into the beech forest and, following a route characterised by large boulders, heads towards the point of intersection with the Stone and Loricated Pines itinerary.

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Length: 8.9 km

Medium to long route

Average duration: 4h 40 min

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Degree of difficulty: EE

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Route: Round trip

Leaving and returning to the starting point

Maximum altitude: 1,317 m

Maximum altitude reached

Physical effort: MEDIUM

By duration, development and length

Elevation: +342 m

Quantity in metres of positive development

Starting altitude: 1,008 m

Quota at departure or minimum quota

Departure: SP 18 Moliternese

Provincial road in the locality of Piè d'Alpi

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8) Ciclovia Lagonegro - Rotonda

The Lagonegro-Rotonda section was part of the Calabro-Lucana railway network dating back to the end of the 19th century and inaugurated in 1929. It was designed to connect four regions and cross seven provinces. It was designed to revitalise the South, but the project was only partly realised and then abandoned in the 1970s. The recovery of this fascinating route, abandoned to this day, stretching across bridges, valleys, lakes, parks and panoramic plateaus with a view of the sea, was created to give it a second life and revitalise the territories. For lovers of muscular or pedal-assisted bicycles, this is a route not to be missed and very close to Castelsaraceno.

The route runs for about 35 km if you want to finish in Rotonda (85 km if you take the full route to Castrovillari) crossing Calabria and Basilicata at a distance of about 35 km from the sea, in mountainous terrain rich in viewpoints, tunnels, bridges and viaducts that make the area characteristic. The cycle route starts in Lagonegro, at the foot of the Cilento National Park in the province of Potenza.

A few kilometres from Maratea, Lake Sirino is a natural basin at the foot of the cycle route. According to legend, still handed down from generation to generation, the lake was created by the so-called lacrima divina, the wrath of the Madonna of Sirino who unleashed a storm in reaction to the attitude of two farmers who had decided to work on the day of the religious festival.
Around the lake there is the Science Museum and it is also possible to rent bicycles (also with pedal assistance). If you follow the cycle path, you pass the old Lauria station, now disused but in a very characteristic position, near a bridge.

Lauria is a medieval village divided into two parts. The upper or upper part is dominated by an ancient manor in a strategic position, with a good difference in height from the lower part, the village. Between the two parts of the town is the ancient Ravita quarter.
The alleys of the old town are rich in architectural and sculptural details, especially in wrought iron, which bear witness to the craft activities of the past. The city’s coat of arms, a basilisk leaning against a laurel tree with the motto “Noli me tangere” (“Don’t touch me”), a warning and a reference to the strength and fearsomeness of its inhabitants, is easily spotted along the streets of the old town.
There are various sacred buildings such as the Church of San Nicola, the Church of San Giacomo, the Sanctuary of the Madonna delle Armi, and the Hermitage of Sant’Elia.

Arriving in Castelluccio Inferiore, a village of two thousand inhabitants in the southern Lucanian Apennines, included in the Pollino National Park, it is worth making a diversion along the approximately 8 km route to the Sanctuaryof the Madonna del Soccorso, which dates back to the 17th century. The church is situated in an extraordinary panoramic spot at about 1,100 metres above sea level, from which one can dominate both the inhabited centre of Celluccio Superiore and the entire Mercure Valley. Inside the Sanctuary there are various works of art, including The Eternal Father (1580) by Antonio Stabile and some carved sculptures from the 17th century.

It can be considered the most peculiar work of civil engineering in Basilicata, and probably the only one of its kind in the world that you will have the pleasure of seeing during the tour of the Lagonegro-Rotonda cycle route. It is also located in the municipality of Castelluccio and, as in the case of Lauria, has a clear division between the upper and lower parts, with a difference in height of over 200 metres. The tunnel was designed in the first two decades of the 20th century to connect the two parts of the town by digging into the rock and lengthening the route in a very small space. It is a rare example of industrial archaeology, still in a perfect state of preservation.

The itinerary

Once on the cycle path, the environment is immediately pleasant, following the tracks through tunnels and villages. The railway remains distant from the provincial road and sometimes runs alongside it. In some places the road surface is white, regular and easily passable. From the village of Lagonegro one climbs towards the Valico dei Cerri beyond which one can see the Lake Sirino, a small basin of natural origin. Once past the lake, a series of tunnels begin, one of which is very long, until the gates of Pecorone, a small hamlet of Lauria with 280 inhabitants.

In the village the railway track is no longer discernible for a few hundred metres, only to find it again on the downhill immediately after a supermarket. From here on a smooth and fast downhill section begins. Before entering Lauria, the old railway line ends in front of a crumbling viaduct.
Here it will be necessary to deviate onto the SP19, the Calabrian provincial road that runs through an environment devoid of vegetation but suggestive.

After about 6 km the old railway line can be resumed as an alternative to the busy provincial road. At the roundabout in the hamlet of Monegaldo, to avoid the SP, it is possible to cross the town and climb up a secondary asphalt road. The road quickly crosses the regional boundary and climbs to 860 m before descending towards Laino Borgo.

From the village of Lagonegro one climbs towards the Valico dei Cerri beyond which one can see the Lake Sirino, a small basin of natural origin. Once past the lake, a series of tunnels begin, one of which is very long, until the gates of Pecorone, a small hamlet of Lauria with 280 inhabitants.

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Length: 35 to 85 km

Medium to long route

Average duration: 1 to 2 days

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Physical effort: HIGH

By duration, development and length

Route: A > B

You start and finish at different points

Maximum altitude: 1,432 m

Maximum altitude reached

Departure: Lagonegro

From the village centre

Arrival: Rotonda / Castrovillari

35 or 85 km route

Elevation: +975 m

Quantity in metres of positive development

Starting altitude: 906 m

Altitude at starting point

T	TOURIST The itineraries are on small roads, mule tracks or wide trails, with not long and well marked routes that do not pose uncertainties or orientation problems. Requires a certain knowledge of the mountain environment and physical preparation.
E	EXCURSION liner routes that are almost always on paths, usually with adequate signposting and slight inclines. In the case of steep slopes, the exposed sections are protected or secured; there can be single passages on rock that are neither strenuous nor exposed and do not require the use of specific equipment. Requires a certain sense of direction, knowledge of the mountain territory and training for walking.
EE	HIKING FOR EXPERTS These are generally signposted trails but require the ability to move over particular terrain (steep slopes, scree, etc.). Paths or tracks on impervious and treacherous terrain; rock passages with slight technical difficulties (single passages equipped with a cable) that do not require self-belaying equipment. REQUESTS mountain experience, good knowledge of the Alpine environment, sure-footedness, absence of vertigo.
EEA	HIKING FOR EXPERTS WITH EQUIPMENT. The same indications apply as for the previous classification (EE), with a greater difficulty and the possibility of walking in less exposed areas, via ferrata or equipped paths that require self-belaying equipment and knowledge of how to use it. REQUESTS mountain experience, good knowledge of the alpine environment, sure-footedness, absence of vertigo, adequate equipment for self-insurance, relevant practice and knowledge of safety manoeuvres.
A	ALPINISTIC AF (Facile). This is the simplest form of climbing; you already have to choose your footing and your hands frequently use handholds to maintain balance. APD (Poco Difficile). This is where the actual climbing begins, requiring the movement of one limb at a time and the correct setting of movements. There are still plenty of handholds and supports. AAD (Quite Difficult). The rock structure, already steeper or even vertical, offers rarer grips and supports and may already require the use of force.

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1) CAI ITALIA TRAIL: Latronico > Castelsaraceno

Arrival: Castelsaraceno

HIKING TRAIL

The itinerary

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Length: 15 km

Average duration: 1 day

Degree of difficulty: EE

Percorso: A > B

Maximum altitude: 1,848 m

Physical effort: HIGH

Elevation: +1,009 metres

Starting altitude: 837 m

Departure: Latronico

Length: 27.5 km

Duration: 1-2 days

Degree of difficulty: EE

Route: A > B

Maximum altitude: 1,432 m

Physical effort: HIGH

Elevation: +975 m

Quantity in metres of positive development

Departure: Castelsaraceno

Length: 27.5 km

Average duration: 1 to 2 days

Degree of difficulty: EE

Route: A > B

Maximum altitude: 1,432 m

Physical effort: HIGH

Elevation: +975 m

Starting altitude: 906 m

Departure: Castelsaraceno

Length: 2.5 km

Average duration: from 1h 15m

Degree of difficulty: E

Route: Ring

Maximum altitude: 1,505m

Physical effort: MEDIUM

Elevation: +88 m

Starting altitude: 1,339m

Departure: Castelsaraceno

Length: 7.7 km

Average duration: 3h 40min

Degree of difficulty: EE

Route: outward / return

Maximum altitude: 1,912 m

Physical effort: HIGH

Elevation: +648 m

Starting altitude: 1,325 m

Departure: Castelsaraceno

Length: 3.2 km

Average duration: 1h 20m

Degree of difficulty: E

Route: Ring

Maximum altitude: 1,448 m

Physical effort: MEDIUM

Elevation: +203 m

Starting altitude: 1,304 m

Departure: Castelsaraceno

Length: 8.9 km

Average duration: 4h 40 min

Degree of difficulty: EE

Route: Round trip

Maximum altitude: 1,317 m

Physical effort: MEDIUM

Elevation: +342 m

Starting altitude: 1,008 m

Departure: SP 18 Moliternese

Length: 35 to 85 km

Average duration: 1 to 2 days

Physical effort: HIGH

Route: A > B

Maximum altitude: 1,432 m

Departure: Lagonegro

Arrival: Rotonda / Castrovillari

Elevation: +975 m

Starting altitude: 906 m

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