FKT: Carlo Scarlata - Periplo della Valle Imagna / Sentiero 571 (Italy) - 2025-05-31

Athletes
Route variation
Standard route
Multi-sport
No
Para athlete
No
Gender category
Male
Style
Self-supported
Start date
Finish date
Total time
11h 4m 39s
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I started from Almenno San Salvatore at 7:48am and climbed the first long ascent until Passo di Valcava, where the trail 571 crosses a road. I bought one liter of water from a kiosk and continued until the summit of Mount Resegone, where there is Hut Azzoni. Unfortunately, it was lunch time and there was a long line to buy a sandwich, another liter of water and a Coke, I lost some time there.

The following downhill is technical and slow.

I did a small diversion from the trail after about 32km, because the main trail was interrupted, resulting in some hundreds of additional meter to the whole route. I then climbed back and forth the original trail to reach the only source of water until that point.

Exhausted and too low on energy, because I didn't carry enough food, I started to trip and faint, resulting in a miserable slow pace until the end.