Croce Arcana Pass – Lake Scaffaiolo loop from Ospitale

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Croce Arcana Pass – Lake Scaffaiolo loop from Ospitale

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Croce Arcana Pass – Lake Scaffaiolo loop from Ospitale

02:49

23.6km

900m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary.

Last updated: July 30, 2026

Tips

Includes very steep uphill segments

You may need to push your bike.

After 1.19 km for 476 m

After 11.4 km for 114 m

Waypoints

Start point

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4.42 km

Lo Spigolino Fanano, bike repair and charging station

Highlight • Rest Area

Free charging, pump and tools for repairing breakdowns.
Free charging and self-repair station for bicycles and e-bikes.

Column installed by the Municipality of Fanano comune.fanano.mo.it - fanano.it thanks to the contribution of the Modena Foundation fondazionedimodena.it

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6.93 km

Frignano Park

Highlight • Forest

From this park go up to the Arcane Cross .. on a large gravel road .. very suggestive

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8.94 km

Croce Arcana Pass

Highlight • Mountain Pass

The Arcane Cross connects the Emilian side of the Apennines to the Tuscan one (Fanano-Cutigliano). The road is unpaved in the highest part, suitable for mountain biking or gravel.

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10.8 km

Monte Spigolino Trail

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Connect the Arcana cross with Scaffaiolo Lake and ref. Duca degli Abruzzi, in some places uneven but very panoramic.

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11.3 km

Passo della Calanca

Mountain Pass

12.4 km

View of Monte Cimone

Highlight • Viewpoint

12.5 km

Lake Scaffaiolo

Highlight • Lake

Lake Scaffaiolo is a picturesque high mountain lake, located at 1,785 meters above sea level at the foot of Monte Cupolino, between the provinces of Pistoia, Modena and Bologna. The …

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15.3 km

View from Passo Croce Arcana

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Suggestive panorama of the mountains

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20.0 km

Tassoni Hut

Highlight • Mountain Hut

A famous refuge in the upper Modena Apennines, the Tassoni hut is located between Fanano and the Croce Arcana pass, in the Ospitale valley. It was built in the 1960s …

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23.6 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.6 km

7.81 km

657 m

531 m

Surfaces

9.21 km

6.41 km

5.37 km

1.42 km

1.14 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,780 m)

Lowest point (930 m)

Weather

Monday 12 October

14°C

4°C

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Max wind speed: 8.0 km/h

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Comments

May 5, 2023,Giro in MTB

Beautiful ride with a bit of portage for steps from the scaffaiolo lake to the arcane cross cmq feasible forest road to get to the Tassoni refuge sin on the way back after a short while past the scaffaiolo lake in ascent to get to the cross of the horn the gearbox failure prevented me to get to the cross …

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June 11, 2022,Capanno Tassoni - Croce Aracana - Lago Scaffaiolo - RIF. Duca degli Abruzzi - Doganaccia -

Today more photos than Km 😅, that's how it went, I let myself be taken by the breathtaking views, the mountain always has this effect on me. From Capanno Tassoni you climb well towards the Croce Arcana and then along a somewhat challenging trail (perhaps for me, as I have a front), you arrive at Lake Scaffaiolo and ref. Duca …

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