Top 5 Gorges around Serrapetrona

Avoid this destination. The trail is steep, long, and dangerous, and beyond the river it's even impassable!

path not passable and quite dangerous... march 2025. maybe doable during the summer months when the river is dry and the water less cold.

Short and relatively simple route, but still requires shoes with a good grip, because the last stretch to get to the Lame has a steep slope and is on scree, so it is easy to slip. I recommend doing it in autumn or spring because it is very exposed to the sun, but not after the rain because it could be slippery. Lame Rosse are beautiful! Negative note: very busy path, so much so that you can't get into a rhythm. You have to continually let people and groups traveling in the opposite direction pass. If you love hiking in the peace of nature, this place is not for you. For the rest, everything is very beautiful!

Beautiful place, the climb is tiring as is the descent, excellent shoes and poles are necessary!

I recommend not doing the whole route but going back after reaching Grotta dei Frati. In fact, going down further, you reach the river and to continue you literally have to walk into it. There is no path on the side. In addition, after crossing the river and taking the path again, the road is impassable due to a landslide since 2022. Nice route but the circular tour is no longer possible.

From Grotta dei Frati go back and do not continue the path towards the river. Dangerous path and also closed by an ordinance of 2022 due to subsidence of the land. The path literally passes inside the river (in reality a real path no longer exists) and once you have resumed the marked path, you will find yourself in front of a sign prohibiting access to pedestrians due to danger.

Lame Rosse is simply gorgeous. But the short path there, branching off from the hiking trail, is very strenuous and steep, as there are lots of loose, small pebbles and it is very difficult to walk. Hiking poles are recommended.

The Lame Rosse di Fiastra are stratifications of rock in the shape of pinnacles and towers made up of gravel held together by clay and silt, formed thanks to the erosion of atmospheric agents. They are located above Lake Fiastra, in the hamlet of San Lorenzo al Lago in the municipality of Fiastra, in the province of Macerata, between Mount Fiegni (1323 m above sea level) and Mount Petrella (1155 m above sea level). Below them flows the Fiastrone river which originates from the lake of the same name. There are various possible routes to get to the Lame Rosse but the most common is the one that starts from Lake Fiastra; the itinerary, round trip on the same path, is 7 kilometers long and the difference in altitude is 200 metres. It is therefore suitable for most people: you walk first on a dirt road and then almost always in the shade inside an holm oak forest, where the road becomes a pleasant path. The area is particularly suggestive and varies between long stretches of lush vegetation, brief glimpses of the lake up to a fairytale landscape due to the typical red color of the Lame. Due to the abundance of water, the flora and fauna are very rich. The round trip travel time is approximately 3 hours. You start on foot from the lake dam, leaving your car here and continuing on foot above the dam, then go up and at the first crossroads on the dirt road turn right and continue for another 30 minutes. Alternatively, you can also start from the Ruffella viewpoint, passing through the hamlet of Fiegni, still in the municipality of Fiastra.