Trekking "Monti Sibillini"
Time & Location
About the event
The chain takes its name from Mount Sibilla (2,173 m), on the top of which a cave (Grotta della Sibilla) opened up until the end of the last century, now occluded, which tradition has it as the home of the Apennine Sibyl.
The Sibillini Mountains are the fourth highest mountain massif in the continental Apennines (after Gran Sasso, Maiella and Velino-Sirente), located in the Umbro-Marchigiano Apennines, along the primary watershed of the Central Apennines, between the Marche and Umbria, between the provinces of Ascoli Piceno, Fermo, Macerata, Perugia, within which the homonymous National Park of the Sibillini Mountains is established.
With a length from north to south of about 40 km, consisting mainly of limestone rocks , formed on the bottoms of warm seas, they have numerous peaks that exceed 2,000 m in altitude, such as the largest of the group, Mount Carrier (2,476 m asl) , Pizzo della Regina (or Monte Priora), Monte Bove and Monte Sibilla.
Days Details: days being defined based on whether or not some structures are reopened.
1st day: from Forca di Presta to the Pilato lakes and the top of Monte Vettore +1100 mt
2nd Day: Summit of Monte Sibilla
3rd Day: Visit of Castelluccio di Norcia and its wonderful Flowering Plain.
4th day:
5th day:
Excursions Details:
Difficulty: EE <Expert Hiker>
Difference in altitude: about 3800 meters in total to be divided into 5 stages
Length: 100 km in total to be divided into 5 stages
Walking hours: 6-8 hours a day with stops and a lunch break.
Departure times: 8.00 - 8.30
Packed lunch.
Overnight stays: in hotel or B&B
How to get there: Meeting at 4.00 in Bergamo (BG) at the FREE car park next to the Cristal Palace hotel or directly in Forca di Presta (PG) at 10.00.
Participation fee:
Adults: 490 euros
Children aged 15 to 18 accompanied by an adult: 350 euros
The fee includes: planning and drafting of the itinerary, professional accompaniment with a guide, insurance, overnight stay with breakfast, any dinners in the refuge if you spend a few nights there.
The fee does not include: return travel expenses, food expenses, anything that does not appear in the item “the fee includes.
Recommended clothing: suitable for the season, hiking boots, backpack, waterproof cape, spare T-shirts, sweatshirt, light long trousers, swimsuit, spare parts, sunscreen, hat, sunglasses and camera.
For info or registration please contact me I will be happy to answer all your doubts or concerns
Roberto Salomone: 3209105295
Mail: orobie4trekking@gmail.com
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