From Maletto and the State Road (S.S.) no. 284, it is possible to climb up to the Volcano\u2019s middle zones by walking along M. La Nave to meet the State Forestry Property border. Hiking Trail no. 713 starts here and leads to the Pista Altomontana, through a 2.3-km route and a 250-m difference of altitude. Just before their junction, the State Forestry Company-owned La Nave Lodge is located at an altitude of 1438 m. This can provide hikers with an emergency shelter. The route largely benefits from the shade of different species of oak trees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From Maletto and the State Road (S.S.) no. 284, it is possible to climb up to the Volcano\u2019s middle zones by walking along M. La Nave to meet the State Forestry Property border. Hiking Trail no. 713 starts here and leads to the Pista Altomontana, through a 2.3-km route and a 250-m difference of altitude.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2765","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"}],"parcheggi":"","grotte":"","rifugi":[{"ID":2526,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2019-08-30 13:18:09","post_date_gmt":"2019-08-30 11:18:09","post_content":"\n
From the village of\nMaletto, it is possible to access the middle area of the volcano, on a road\nthat can be travelled using a private vehicle, which must be left alongside Monte\nLa Nave, the start of Trail 713. The barracks is located along the trail, a short\nway from the Altomontana Path and has a small area that can serve as emergency\naccommodation for excursionists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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