A hiker wishing to travel the \u201cSentiero Italia\u201d from East to West through Mount Etna must walk this trail. After descending from Malvagna and passing through the tiny and orderly village of Verzella, we approach the volcanic massif by crossing the S.S. 120 in the first place and subsequently, after entering the perimeter of the Etna Park, the “Quota 1000” S.P. West of M. Dolce.<\/p>\n
The route overlaps with a notable ancient mule track, and through it goes up to an altitude of 1,235 m, where it meets a forest road. Once entered the latter, hikers pass through a flat area, called Passo SilIetta, at an altitude of 1,370 m. Here are two groups of sheepfolds divided into numerous chambers separated by walls built with dry lava stone. Finally, the route heads south again a forest road passing through the State Forestry Property-owned Casermetta di Grotta delle Palombe, eventually to join the Pista Altomontana at an altitude of 1,620 m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A hiker wishing to travel the \u201cSentiero Italia\u201d from East to West through Mount Etna must walk this trail. After descending from Malvagna and passing through the tiny and orderly village of Verzella, we approach the volcanic massif by crossing the S.S. 120 in the first place and subsequently, after entering the perimeter of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2783","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":2827,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2019-11-12 15:21:28","post_date_gmt":"2019-11-12 14:21:28","post_content":"The Pitarrone Forestry Barrack is located at an altitude of 1,480, close to Trail no. 701, 1,400 m away from its starting (or ending) point on the S.P. \"Mareneve di Linguaglossa\" road.\n\nFrom the barrack, a path departs entirely on forest roads leading, after 3,550 meters, to a crossroads, located at an altitude of 1,325. The Sentiero Italia (Trail no. 720 in that section) passes through it, after having gone through Passo Silletta 1000 meters before (see description under Trail no. 720).","post_title":"Caserma Pitarrone \u2013 Passo Silletta","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"caserma-pitarrone-passo-silletta","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-11-19 11:11:40","post_modified_gmt":"2020-11-19 10:11:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.unescoparcoetna.it\/sentieri\/caserma-pitarrone-passo-silletta\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"sentiero","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"parcheggi":"","grotte":"","rifugi":"","galleria":false,"lunghezza":"9.4","dislivello_massimo":"870","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":"7849095","id_sentiero":"720","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