Croce Arcana Pass – Lake Scaffaiolo loop from Fanano

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Croce Arcana Pass – Lake Scaffaiolo loop from Fanano

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Croce Arcana Pass – Lake Scaffaiolo loop from Fanano

05:04

44.9km

1,610m

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 9, 2026

Tips

Includes very steep uphill segments

You may need to push your bike.

After 4.07 km for 130 m

After 13.0 km for 541 m

After 24.9 km for 114 m

After 44.1 km for 68 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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5.22 km

Fellicarolo Park

Highlight • Natural

going up after Fellicarolo, this park surrounded by greenery and well maintained

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12.3 km

La Pilaccia Bivouac

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Small shed with picnic area, it can be useful for a stop, or to provide shelter. There is also a water fountain.

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13.5 km

Clearing Near Passo Colombino

Highlight • Viewpoint

lookout point near the pass

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13.9 km

Passo Colombino Trail Junction

Highlight • Trail

Easily reachable from I Taburri or from Capanna Tassoni, it is an important crossroads of paths.

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22.4 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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24.8 km

Passo della Calanca

Mountain Pass

25.7 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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28.8 km

World War II Memorial Cannons at Passo della Croce Arcana

Highlight • Historical Site

Even when you ride a bit of history it never hurts

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32.6 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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44.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

22.4 km

19.9 km

1.91 km

766 m

Surfaces

11.3 km

9.95 km

9.54 km

6.40 km

5.66 km

1.83 km

259 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,780 m)

Lowest point (530 m)

Weather

Friday 9 October

16°C

7°C

19 %

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Max wind speed: 3.0 km/h

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Comments

August 18, 2026,Fanano/ cascate del doccione /capanna Tassoni/croce Arcana/lago scaffaiolo Giro in MTB

Beautiful tour. Perfect for an MTB Trail. With good preparation, apart from very few sections, it is all rideable. There are fountains and at the Duca degli Abruzzi refuge you can eat and get water.

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October 1, 2023,Capanno Tassoni – Lago Scaffaiolo Itinerario ad anello da Fanano

Very challenging tour at times with demanding technical passages, requires good training, given that the tour was done on an e-bike, very suggestive setting, with beautiful views and panoramas, I highly recommend it.....

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October 4, 2023,Fanano - Taburri - Passo Colombino - Capanno Tassoni - Passo Croce Arcana - Scaffaiolo - Lago Pratignano

A classic, beautiful and very panoramic, and varied in terms of environments and terrain.
It requires confidence with the not always easy single trek, otherwise you will often have to dismount, which would in any case be compensated by the charm of the environments and views. Those who are not very "technical" are then advised to descend from Lake Pratignano …

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