Pilate Lake – Pilate Lakes loop from Castelluccio

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Pilate Lake – Pilate Lakes loop from Castelluccio

Hard

4.8

(31)

193

hikers

Pilate Lake – Pilate Lakes loop from Castelluccio

07:35

20.7km

980m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 9, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 10.1 km for 319 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

48 m

Pilate Lake

Highlight • Lake

It is a body of water of glacial origin of the Alpine type, one of the few in the Apennines, enclosed in a narrow glacial valley north of the main …

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10.3 km

View of Castelluccio and its colorful fields

Highlight • Viewpoint

20.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.64 km

5.32 km

4.94 km

643 m

138 m

Surfaces

9.58 km

7.14 km

3.11 km

643 m

207 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,960 m)

Lowest point (1,310 m)

Weather

Tuesday 20 October

13°C

8°C

73 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Comments

June 12, 2022,Fonte San Lorenzo - Forca Viola - Lago di pilato

Departure from Fonte San Lorenzo reachable by car on a comfortable dirt road. The path immediately climbs into the woods and then comes out near Capanna Ghezzi. Continue on the path that turns left and crosses the slope arriving at Forca Viola. At this point, instead of continuing along the ridge that will then arrive at Cima Redentore, go down …

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June 11, 2025,Laghi di Pilato da Fonte San Lorenzo

Very interesting excursion for the destination but also for the different environments crossed: woods, fields, grassy path, scree... beautiful
Technical note: better to return, if possible to do it also on the outward journey, because it avoids a descent and subsequent climb that at the end of the excursion weighed on some people

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