Piano dei Grilli is Etna Park Hiking Base Point no. 6. It can be directly reached from the village of Bronte through a lava stone cobbled road, on whose end is a gate marking the beginning of State Property land restricted to motor vehicles. On the wide area before the gate (1.156 m) is located a small barrack owned by the Municipality of Bronte.<\/p>\n
It is a 9.8 kilometre-long, classic radial-shape trail, running uphill to the volcano\u2019s high mountain area, meeting the track of the same name at 1,703 m in front of the M. Scavo Lodge. It takes about 3 hours to get past the 552 m of altitude difference though a landscape alternating ancient lava flows and luxuriant pinewoods. The trail segment between M. Egitto and M. Scavo Lodge runs along the “Grotte dell’Angelo” (i.e., \u201cAngel\u2019s Caves\u201d), a wide and deep ravine resulting from the collapse of a cave generated by lava flows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Piano dei Grilli is Etna Park Hiking Base Point no. 6. It can be directly reached from the village of Bronte through a lava stone cobbled road, on whose end is a gate marking the beginning of State Property land restricted to motor vehicles. On the wide area before the gate (1.156 m) is located…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2755","sentiero","type-sentiero","status-publish","hentry","description-off"],"acf":{"sentieri":[{"ID":2737,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2019-11-12 15:21:28","post_date_gmt":"2019-11-12 14:21:28","post_content":"The 34.400-km route develops almost entirely along a ring-shaped wide road covering about 60% of the volcano\u2019s perimeter, located at an altitude between a minimum of 1,435 m on the north side to a maximum of 1,917 on the west side. The only exception is a short pass stretching through a narrow lava path resulting from the 1981 eruption, which spilled onto the north flank threatening the town of Randazzo.\n\nThe ring it outlines is not a closed one, due to the chasm of the Valle del Bove, not impossible though difficult to cross.\n\nThough curved in shape, the length and conformation of the Pista Altomontana make it a sort of backbone of the Etna trail network, as it is accessible from almost all the villages surrounding Etna through some paths featuring a roughly radial track. Subsequently, it is possible to proceed towards the summit areas from some of its junctions, following other paths through large radial lines.\n\nThe Pista Altomontana could be defined as the \"hub\" of the Etna trails, as it allows reaching the medium altitudes of the Volcano from one side and descend from another one.\n\nIt also allows crossing and enjoying almost all the landscapes that Mount Etna can offer, ranging from different types of tall trees forests and- in particular - pine woods with larch pine and beech woods, to harsh lava flows characterised by very diverse shapes and appearance. The Pista Altomontana roughly marks the border between the second and third of the three circular belts into which the ancient authors used to divide Etna, that is, the downstream wooded belt and the upstream volcanic desert belt.\n\nFinally, it allows admiring an hourly changing panorama overlooking the two underlying valleys of the Simeto and Alcantara rivers, the mountainous complexes of Nebrodi and Peloritani and the villages scattered across them. Along it, or at short distance, there are a dozen small buildings, generally owned by the former State Forestry Company, some of which are available as emergency shelter or a basic overnight stay for adequately equipped hikers.\n\nThe two ends of the route can be both reached by private motor vehicles and constitute Hiking Base Points.","post_title":"Pista Altomontana (Sentiero Italia)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"pista-altomontana-sentiero-italia","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-11-19 10:49:55","post_modified_gmt":"2020-11-19 09:49:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.unescoparcoetna.it\/sentieri\/pista-altomontana-sentiero-italia\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"sentiero","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2755,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2019-11-12 15:21:28","post_date_gmt":"2019-11-12 14:21:28","post_content":"Piano dei Grilli is Etna Park Hiking Base Point no. 6. It can be directly reached from the village of Bronte through a lava stone cobbled road, on whose end is a gate marking the beginning of State Property land restricted to motor vehicles. On the wide area before the gate (1.156 m) is located a small barrack owned by the Municipality of Bronte.\n\nIt is a 9.8 kilometre-long, classic radial-shape trail, running uphill to the volcano\u2019s high mountain area, meeting the track of the same name at 1,703 m in front of the M. Scavo Lodge. It takes about 3 hours to get past the 552 m of altitude difference though a landscape alternating ancient lava flows and luxuriant pinewoods. The trail segment between M. Egitto and M. Scavo Lodge runs along the \"Grotte dell'Angelo\" (i.e., \u201cAngel\u2019s Caves\u201d), a wide and deep ravine resulting from the collapse of a cave generated by lava flows.","post_title":"Piano dei Grilli \u2013 Pista Altomontana","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"piano-dei-grilli-pista-altomontana","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-11-19 10:59:35","post_modified_gmt":"2020-11-19 09:59:35","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.unescoparcoetna.it\/sentieri\/piano-dei-grilli-pista-altomontana\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"sentiero","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2757,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2019-11-12 15:21:28","post_date_gmt":"2019-11-12 14:21:28","post_content":"The territory located between Hiking Trails nos. 708 and 710, both going from the volcano\u2019s low to medium altitudes, are of great landscape and scientific interest due to the high number of lateral craters scattered around it.\n\nHiking Trail no. 710A allows enjoying some recently formed craters (M. Nuovo and M. Mezzaluna, dating back to 1763, M. De Fiore dating back to 1974). By climbing on their peaks, generally few tens of meters high, it is possible to observe the neat boundaries between the lava flows and the surviving strips of forest. The connecting trail is 3,860 meters long and unfolds between 1,550 and 1,800 m of altitude.\n\nHiking Trail no. 710B features a length of 2,140 m and a 67 m altitude difference. At a lower altitude, it connects the base of M. Ruvolo to Case Zampini through M. Tre Frati.","post_title":"Monte Lepre \u2013 Monte Rosso","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"monte-lepre-monte-rosso","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-11-19 10:47:43","post_modified_gmt":"2020-11-19 09:47:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.unescoparcoetna.it\/sentieri\/monte-lepre-monte-rosso\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"sentiero","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2759,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2019-11-12 15:21:28","post_date_gmt":"2019-11-12 14:21:28","post_content":"The territory located between Hiking Trails nos. 708 and 710, both going from the volcano\u2019s low to medium altitudes, are of great landscape and scientific interest due to the high number of lateral craters scattered around it.\n\nHiking Trail no. 710A allows enjoying some recently formed craters (M. Nuovo and M. Mezzaluna, dating back to 1763, M. De Fiore dating back to 1974). By climbing on their peaks, generally few tens of meters high, it is possible to observe the neat boundaries between the lava flows and the surviving strips of forest. The connecting trail is 3,860 meters long and unfolds between 1,550 and 1,800 m of altitude.\n\nHiking Trail no. 710B features a length of 2,140 m and a 67 m altitude difference. At a lower altitude, it connects the base of M. Ruvolo to Case Zampini through M. Tre Frati.","post_title":"Monte Ruvolo \u2013 Case Zampini","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"monte-ruvolo-case-zampini","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-11-19 10:47:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-11-19 09:47:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.unescoparcoetna.it\/sentieri\/monte-ruvolo-case-zampini\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"sentiero","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2761,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2019-11-12 15:21:28","post_date_gmt":"2019-11-12 14:21:28","post_content":"The hiking trail is one of the three connecting trails departing from the route of hiking trail no. 710. It unfolds on a dirt track at a crossroads located near the Piano delle Ginestre plateau and allows hikers to get around the impressive mass of Monte Ruvolo (1410 m a.s.l.) on the North-Northeast side. From this junction, about 250 meters from the start of the route, an unmarked secondary trail leads off to the State Forestry-owned Monte Ruvolo Lodge (1260 m a.s.l.), around which it is possible to observe peculiar examples of lava rocks. Along the trail is also located an example of \"Pagghiaro\", i.e., the typical shepherds\u2019 shacks, and a large \u201cdagala<\/em>\u201d \u2013 facing northwest and known as \u201cLe Mandre Vecchie\u201d- set on the 1651 flows and characterized by typical examples of rope-shaped lava. The connecting trail finally merges with the main hiking trail no. 710, where the track from Monte Ruvolo leads to Monte Arso (1517 m a.s.l.) and Monte Lepre (1562 m a.s.l.) by crossing the 1764 flows. Here the second connecting trail no. 710B leads from Monte Ruvolo to Case Zampini Lodge (1350 m a.s.l.).","post_title":"Monte Ruvolo","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"monte-ruvolo","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-11-19 10:46:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-11-19 09:46:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.unescoparcoetna.it\/sentieri\/monte-ruvolo\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"sentiero","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2817,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2019-11-12 15:21:28","post_date_gmt":"2019-11-12 14:21:28","post_content":"Between the Base Points \"Case Bosco Prato Fiorito\" and \"Piano dei Grilli\" stands one of Etna\u2019s most impressive side craters, Monte Minardo, a giant with an 800-m diameter and a height of 200 compared to the plateau located in the South, and featuring the shape of a perfectly regular truncated cone. The trail unfolds on a forest road, touches the base from the east side with an almost flat connection of 2,700 m between Trails nos. 708 and 710. Halfway through is an interesting lava flow cave.","post_title":"Monte Minardo","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"monte-minardo","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-11-19 11:03:09","post_modified_gmt":"2020-11-19 10:03:09","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.unescoparcoetna.it\/sentieri\/monte-minardo\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"sentiero","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"parcheggi":"","grotte":"","rifugi":[{"ID":2544,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2019-08-30 13:18:02","post_date_gmt":"2019-08-30 11:18:02","post_content":"\n Piano dei Grilli is the Base Point for Hike no.\n6 in Parco dell\u2019Etna. It can be reached directly from the town of Bronte,\nusing a road paved in lava rock, which ends in a gate that marks the beginning\nof the state property where motorised vehicles are prohibited. The area in\nfront of the gate, at 1156 metres, is the barracks owned by the Municipality of\nBronte, now a refuge thanks to the contribution of a private association, which\noffers refreshments. This is the start of the Trail 710, which, at the end of\nits route, arrives at the Altomontana Path (Trail 701).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Area: 33S<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Coordinates: 488663E - 4177616N<\/strong><\/p>\n","post_title":"Rifugio Piano dei Grilli (1167 m s.l.m.)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"rifugio-piano-dei-grilli-1167-m-s-l-m","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-12 11:41:20","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-12 09:41:20","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.unescoparcoetna.it\/rifugi\/rifugio-piano-dei-grilli-1167-m-s-l-m\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"rifugi","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"galleria":false,"lunghezza":"9.4","dislivello_massimo":"600","tempo_di_percorrenza":"3-4 ore","difficolta":"medio\/E","percorribilita":"ottima (trekking\/bici)","informazioni_utili":"Ogni diramazione dal percorso principale \u00e8 indicata dalla caratteristica segnaletica del Club Alpino Italiano mentre lungo tutta la pista \u00e8 possibile trovare diversi segni di conforto a suggerire la direzione da seguire. Si consiglia a tutti gli escursionisti di non uscire dal percorso segnalato, di non gettare rifiuti e di non recare disturbo a vegetazione e\/o animali.","relation":"7843999","id_sentiero":"710","colore":"","punto_di_partenza":{"sentiero_di_partenza":false,"altezza_punto_di_partenza":""},"punto_di_arrivo":{"sentiero_di_arrivo":false,"altezza_punto_di_arrivo":""},"naturalistici":"","panoramici":"","punti_generici":""},"yoast_head":"\n