Refuge

Rifugio Lago dell'Orso

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The place

Rifugio Lago dell'Orso (Bear Lake Refuge) in the Sibillini Mountains National Park, Norcia/Castelluccio area (Marche/Umbria, Italy), at 1790 m elevation, Piano Grande plateau. Continuous Sibillini cluster (batches 294-296). CAI refuge near the Piano Grande di Castelluccio (~30 km² of PGI lentils, and a world-famous poppy bloom spectacle in June-July). Area at the epicentre of the 2016 M6.5 Norcia earthquake. Home to the Apennine wolf (Canis lupus italicus, about 3,300 individuals).

The setting

Sibillini Norcia/Castelluccio Marche/Umbria 1790 m Piano Grande, continuous cluster batches 294-296, CAI Piano Grande 30 km² PGI lentils poppies, Norcia earthquake 2016 M6.5, wolf Canis lupus italicus 3,300.