5.1 km to summit
11.0 km total
136 m start
1,076 m max
928 m gain
3 hr 13 min to summit
6 hr 52 min total
From Mitza Fanebas (240m) to the S'Arcu de Perdu Secci pass (300m) is an easy hike on a wide dirt road; there is one stream crossing at the beginning that might not be trivial depending on water depth in winter. After that to the Costa Castangia ridge it becomes a long steep hike in the forest (up to 900-970m when you reach a large and panoramic rocky plateau). Terrain there is very muddy and climbs rapidly, with sections of surfacing slippery rock you are forced to pass upon or step; it is poorly maintained but well signaled by the italian alpine club and easy to follow. In the upper sections (900+ to 1086 summit) it gets mostly to bare rock and a lot of scrambling is required; while it never becomes too exposed or dangerous, caution is required to avoid falls.
Views from the summit are great and really worth the hassle
routefinding, stream crossing, rockfall/loose rock
trekking poles, mountaineering boots, GPS device
vygodski
Why not Peak 1010m? Not judging, no idea of the terrain, just curious!
nicadsardinia
Hi vygodski, thanks for liking and following. I see from your great experiences you are an avid peakbagger and I understand your comment! A wasted opportunity for a worthy mountaineer like you! Peak 1010 (it is called Monte Liudeddu, I should update it) was right there, I walked by its E face a mere 50 vertical mts below summit. Why I did not attempt it is simply because I was exhausted and wanted to save all energies I had for the main peak first. Plus I did not know how to do it at the moment, its E face in front of me was a near vertical wall. I should have had to go around it to look for an easier way to get to the top. You can see peak 1010 in my last photo, the one where I wrote I was looking SE, you see its north and west faces and it seems easy from there. Still it rises about 50 mts from where I passed and I was too tired to invest a lot of energies to negotiate a passage through vegetation, scramble a lot on slippery granite and, as you surely know, what always happens when you attempt something unmarked is that you start climbing from a point that seems viable just to soon get stuck at some insormountable obstacle, then have to get down and climb up to try again and so on. When I got to the top of Lattias I took a rest there for about 45 minutes and I was able to see an easy way to peak 1024 below, so I decided, since it was getting late in the day and my fitness was poor, to just get that one on the way back and then start the descent to be at the car before sunset. I know I will be coming back though, at the point where the summit of Mounte Liudeddu rises from the ridge, at around 950-970masl (photos #5 and #6), is a beautiful flat and panoramic plateau with a freshwater spring nearby, an ideal place for a bivouac to spend a night admiring the stars and taking your time to tackle Mr. Liudeddu ;)
vygodski
Nica, great to hear from you. I will be following your posts with interest. I've never been to Sardinia but really want to go. Thanks for the explanation. It sounds like you did absolutely the right thing there. I know exactly what you mean about saving energies, and venturing into the unknown! A lot of my bagging is in the rolling welsh hills which don't present many of the challenges that I find over here in Italy. Sometimes every meter is hard won! I am learning every day. And I now carry secateurs most of the time! Good luck and stay safe!
nicadsardinia
Thanks Vygodski, stay tuned for my next adventures in Sardinia, I will deliver for sure! While not as high and large like the Appennini or Alpi ones you are getting to know, mountains here have their strong character and history worth discovering. I really reccomend a visit to Sardinia to everybody, not just for the mountains but for the 1800kms of beautiful coasts and food too, both are world class, I can assure. Really had fun with your secateurs reference, I often have to carry my trusted half meter machete, and I'm being serious here! Hope to hear from you soon and I'll be watching your exploits with great admiration