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L'Aquila

Campo Imperatore Plateau – Campo Imperatore Summit loop from Ruderi di Sant'Egidio

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Road cycling routes
Italy
Abruzzo
L'Aquila

Campo Imperatore Plateau – Campo Imperatore Summit loop from Ruderi di Sant'Egidio

Moderate

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Campo Imperatore Plateau – Campo Imperatore Summit loop from Ruderi di Sant'Egidio

01:06

17.9km

490m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 19, 2026

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Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga

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1.26 km

Campo Imperatore Plateau

Highlight • Natural

Spectacular plateau to ride!

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4.08 km

At the right time at the right moment to admire the big horn with the frame of the clouds

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8.43 km

The last 2 km leading to the observatory are very challenging, and it is nice to see who is going up when you have completed the climb and you go down …

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8.52 km

The final part of the climb towards Campo Imperatore is quite tough: it is about four kilometers at an average gradient of 8%.

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8.90 km

Campo Imperatore Summit

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This is the arrival point of the Campo Imperatore road. Located at an altitude of 2,100 meters, various stages of the Giro d'Italia have arrived here: the stage won by …

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8.95 km

The chapel was built in 1934 by order of Cardinal Federico Tedeschini and is the highest consecrated church in Italy and one of the highest consecrated churches in Europe at …

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9.03 km

Ascent to Campo Imperatore

Highlight (Segment) • Mountain Pass

Last stretch of climb to reach Campo Imperatore. Very comfortable and completely asphalted road. Slopes never too demanding; the final segment from the Pietranzoni lake to the Campo Imperatore refuge …

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16.7 km

Lake Pietranzoni

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Laghetto Pietranzoni, located in the heart of the Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park, offers one of the most iconic views of the Corno Grande, the highest peak of the Apennines.

it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lago_di_Pietranzoni

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17.9 km

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17.8 km

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18.0 km

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Lowest point (1,640 m)

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