Terminillo On the trail

Snowshoe walks on Monte Terminillo

Terminillo

Snow this close to Rome surprises people. The Terminillo holds it, and on snowshoes you are off the pistes and into the quiet of the woods almost as soon as you start.

How the day goes

  1. Meet the guide, get the snowshoes on, and take the first slope slowly.
  2. Follow the track the group breaks across untouched snow.
  3. The routes stay simple, so the talk is about the mountain rather than technique.
  4. Finish with hot mulled wine, still cold, before the drive back down.

It only goes when there is snow to walk on, so the date follows the weather rather than the calendar.

Where it is

Terminillo at its real position from Rome, with everywhere else we list behind it — so you can see how far out this one is.

Terminillo, and where it is from Rome Terminillo drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 113 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 113 min Rome Terminillo

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Terminillo — the town, not the meeting point. Ask them where exactly to turn up; the number is on this page.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 1 h 53drive from the middle of Rome
  • 108 kmeach way
  • 3 h 30once you are there
  • Rent a car for the day

    The day stays yours: you leave when you want, stop where you want, and come back when the light goes.

    • You pick it up in Rome and drop it back in Rome
    • No timetable to build the day around
    • The stops on the way are the good part, and they need a car

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  • Have a driver take you, door to door

    No parking to find, no wrong turns, and you leave when the day is done.

    • Picked up where you are staying, dropped back there
    • No parking to find and no ZTL to worry about
    • Nobody spends the day driving

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Also around Terminillo

Terminillo On the trail

Snowshoe crossing to the Sebastiani refuge

A snowshoe route from near Campoforgna through snow-covered beech woods to the Rifugio Sebastiani and the Sella di Leonessa, led by two qualified environmental hiking guides.

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Terminillo On the trail

Ski and snowboard lessons at Pian de' Valli

Lessons at Pian de' Valli from the largest ski school in Lazio, founded in 1960, with forty instructors covering alpine skiing, snowboard and nordic skiing.

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More on the trail

A stony ridge path across open highland On the trail

Monte Soratte from Sant'Oreste

6.8 km and 691 metres of climbing, with a guide and never more than ten of you.

€49 per person

Books on Nature of Sal — Salvatore Benintende

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A child in a harness crossing a rope bridge between trees On the trail

A morning in the trees

Clip into a harness and cross the trees: from age four there is a course to do.

€5 per person

Books on ViviAvventura

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