Colletto di Fonte Avellana – Monte Catria Summit loop from Monastero di della Santa Croce di Fonte Avellana

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Colletto di Fonte Avellana – Monte Catria Summit loop from Monastero di della Santa Croce di Fonte Avellana

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Colletto di Fonte Avellana – Monte Catria Summit loop from Monastero di della Santa Croce di Fonte Avellana

04:54

49.5km

1,660m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 25, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 11.8 km for 118 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

167 m

Colletto di Fonte Avellana

Highlight • Mountain Pass

The descent ends on a dirt road and you take the slightly uphill asphalt road, leaving the Fonte Avellana monastery on the right up to the collar from which you take the nosedive towards Frontone.

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3.91 km

Canisciolti

Cave Entrance

4.20 km

Fonte Avellana cliff

Highlight • Climb

On the way down you pass under the Fonte Avellana cliff, if you have time to look up...

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11.8 km

Descent from Monte Catria Summit to Chiaserna

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Challenging descent with steep slopes and some very stony points

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12.6 km

Monte Catria Summit Cross (1701 m)

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Very steep climb on the meadow that reaches the cross of Monte Catria at an altitude of 1701, the highest peak in the Province of Pesaro and Urbino

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12.9 km

Monte Catria Summit

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Mountain of the Umbria-Marche Apennines at an altitude of 1702m.
There is a ski area.
The Catria massif, with the peaks of Catria and Acuto, are the highest in the …

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26.6 km

Passo La Croce

Mountain Pass

34.4 km

View of Monte Catria

Highlight • Viewpoint

49.2 km

Fonte Avellana Monastery

Highlight • Religious Site

X century monastery of Camaldolese origin on the slopes of Monte Catria, about 1000m above sea level. It houses the prestigious "Dante Alighieri" Library, rich in over 10,000 volumes, including …

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49.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

25.6 km

22.6 km

1.12 km

292 m

Surfaces

22.9 km

22.8 km

3.87 km

Elevation

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Highest point (1,680 m)

Lowest point (440 m)

Weather

Friday 30 October

7°C

3°C

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Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

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Comments

August 31, 2025,Giro in MTB Monte Catria

The total difference in altitude is not 3930 but approximately 1800 metres.

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July 17, 2022,Catria – Che salita! Itinerario ad anello da Chiaserna

Nice ride almost all in the shade, it starts immediately uphill, the first kilometer in asphalt and very steep then becomes a forest with long hairpin bends to the top.
So far so good, then the track made us take a path partly closed by vegetation and partly very complicated and exposed ... to avoid, I recommend skipping it and …

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