Stage start
Corpo di Cava
Town
OpenStreetMap lists at least 1 place to stay within about 600 m (read 18 September 2026). TrailSplits has not checked which are open.
Corpo di Cava to Valico di Chiunzi
Alta Via dei Monti Lattari (CAI 300) · Stage 1
20kmStage distance
1,319mMapped ascent
1Stage number
CAI Stabia's winter trek walks this day in about 9 hours moving (12 with stops), +1,550 / −1,250 m, including the path up to the Santuario dell'Avvocata. Exposed in places (EE).
Best season: October to May, best in late winter and spring. Winter is the walking season here: cool (7–15 °C by day), green and uncrowded, but wet, with landslide and rockfall closures after heavy rain and short days. The ridge reaches 1,316 m at Monte Cerreto and can see snow near Monte Faito. Before you go
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Flat (<5%) Gentle (5–10%) Moderate (10–15%) Steep (15–25%)
Green: Corpo di Cava to Valico di Chiunzi. Grey: full trail. Elevation follows this mapped track.
Corpo di Cava to Valico di Chiunzi
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Where this stage starts and ends
Facts read from the guide's sources and OpenStreetMap on 18 September 2026. A page can change after we read it, so confirm with your accommodation before you rely on a date or a bed.
Stage end
Valico di Chiunzi
Mountain pass
Al Valico, by the pass, has rooms (alvalico.it); CAI's winter treks sleep in Tramonti's B&Bs, below. SITA line 5010 (Maiori – Tramonti – Nocera) stops at Tramonti (Chiunzi).
Tramonti · Town
Walking time for this leg
No walking time is published for this leg. Our estimate for the stage is 6 h 41, computed from the mapped line and its climbing.
Make it your trip
Choose your nights
Two of the four nights are below the ridge, in Tramonti and Agerola, reached by short paths or a bus. Farm stays and B&Bs are small: check winter opening one by one.
Corpo di Cava to Agerola
The wild eastern half: the Avvocata sanctuary, Monte Finestra and Monte Cerreto, with a night by the Valico di Chiunzi.
Plan this journeyAgerola to Punta Campanella
Over the Faito massif and down the Sorrento peninsula to the cape facing Capri.
Plan this journeyWeather this week
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Weather by month
Typical weather on this stage: at the lowest point (328 m) and the highest point (1,124 m). Select a month to see why it is rated as it is.
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| Weather | Mixed | Mixed | Good | Good | Good | Good | Mixed | Mixed | Good | Good | Good | Mixed |
| High point, day / night | 5°/0° | 6°/0° | 9°/2° | 12°/5° | 16°/9° | 20°/13° | 23°/15° | 23°/15° | 19°/12° | 15°/9° | 11°/5° | 7°/2° |
| Low point, day / night | 11°/4° | 11°/4° | 14°/6° | 17°/9° | 22°/13° | 26°/17° | 28°/19° | 29°/19° | 24°/16° | 20°/13° | 16°/9° | 12°/5° |
| Rain, mm | 105 | 84 | 79 | 70 | 61 | 31 | 29 | 23 | 80 | 106 | 134 | 109 |
| Snow at high point | Possible | Possible | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Frost |
| Daylight | 9 h 34 | 10 h 38 | 11 h 52 | 13 h 15 | 14 h 25 | 15 h 04 | 14 h 50 | 13 h 51 | 12 h 32 | 11 h 12 | 9 h 57 | 9 h 17 |
Source: TerraClimate 1991–2020 monthly averages. Averages for the area at each point’s elevation (4 km grid, corrected for height). Not a forecast or a report of current trail conditions. Snow at the high point is estimated with a simple snowpack model from these temperatures and precipitation, not observed; steep islands and high summits can hold more snow than it shows. Daylight is for the 15th of each month. Hut, transport and park seasons are separate: check them for your dates.
Before you go
Prepare for the Lattari ridge
Arrange your stays, food and travel first, then check conditions again near departure.
For experienced hikers
CAI grades most of the 300 EE: steep, exposed in places and poorly waymarked in parts, with leaves hiding the path in November. Carry the GPX, and turn back in heavy rain.
CAI Monti Lattari: sentiero 300Landslides and closures after rain
Paths on the coast close by municipal ordinance after landslides and rockfalls (the Via Minerva to Punta Campanella in winter 2025/26; the Valle delle Ferriere since 2022). Check CAI's pages and the weather warnings before each day.
Meteoalarm: warnings for ItalyShort days, and the hunting season
Winter days have 9–10.5 hours of light, and CAI's own trek walks the last hour or two by headtorch. The hunting season runs from 20 September to 31 January, never on Tuesdays or Fridays: wear a bright layer.
CAI Stabia: the winter trek programmeGetting there
Connect your journey
Travel around Corpo di Cava to Valico di Chiunzi.
Google Maps journey searches, not confirmed services. A mountain endpoint may need a booked transfer or an additional walk.
Naples airport and the train to Sorrento
From Naples, the EAV Circumvesuviana railway runs to Castellammare, Vico Equense and Sorrento; Cava de' Tirreni, near the start, is on the Naples–Salerno railway, with city bus 61 up to Corpo di Cava.
EAV: CircumvesuvianaCoast buses
SITA Sud buses link Amalfi, Positano and Sorrento (stops at Colli di San Pietro), Maiori with Tramonti and the Valico di Chiunzi (line 5010), and Amalfi with Agerola and Castellammare (line 5080). Winter timetables are thinner.
SITA Sud: autumn timetablesTake your trip with you
Offline maps
Prepare each stage while you still have a connection; coverage is patchy on the ridge and in the valleys.
Keep your route and maps on your phone for places without a signal. For multi-day trips, prepare them in the installed TrailSplits app.
- Open this trail in the app. Install TrailSplits, then open this trail there. On iPhone, downloads in a browser may not be available in the installed app.
- Choose your route or stages. Choose Prepare offline above. Wait for the route and maps to finish downloading.
- Try it before leaving coverage. Switch offline, close and reopen the app, then use My Hikes to start navigation. Repeat for every part you will need.
Saving a bookmark is not a map download. Storage can be cleared by your device; keep a backup map for remote trips.
Route & sources
About this map
The map follows the eleven OpenStreetMap sections of the CAI 300 (relation 9315161), cut at the four day stages of CAI Castellammare di Stabia's winter treks: Valico di Chiunzi, Crocella above Agerola, Colli di San Pietro and Termini. It measures 70.4 km against the 71.4 km of CAI's two published parts, including the path up to the Santuario dell'Avvocata and back and out to Punta Campanella. A 53 m gap in OpenStreetMap at Torca is joined. CAI grades most of the route EE (for experienced hikers).
Official guidance and mapped-source comparison checked 18 September 2026. Map data is a route reference, not confirmation of today's path, weather or accommodation availability.
CAI Monti Lattari: sentiero 300Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · Source relation