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Sapienza Hut – View of Mount Etna loop from Monte Sona

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Sapienza Hut – View of Mount Etna loop from Monte Sona

Hard

5.0

(3)

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Sapienza Hut – View of Mount Etna loop from Monte Sona

03:42

31.2km

1,470m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 23, 2026

Tips

Includes very steep uphill segments

You may need to push your bike.

After 852 m for 668 m

After 15.8 km for 131 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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3.77 km

Buried Church of the 1983 Eruption, Parco dell'Etna

Highlight • Religious Site

lava flow cave

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4.94 km

House in the lava of '83.

Highlight • Structure

Absolut beeindruckend. Hier haben mal Menschen gewohnt, bis der Etna mal kurz aufgestoßen hat. Nun sieht es hier so aus. Eine schöne Demonstration ohne Worte für die Macht der Naturgewalten.

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10.8 km

Sapienza Hut

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The Sapienza refuge is the starting point for climbing the crater of Etna, it is also a very famous place for road cycling, as it hosted the arrival of some stages of the Giro d'Italia.

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14.0 km

View of Mount Etna's crater

Highlight • Viewpoint

Mr. Schlack also drives on the slag?

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16.1 km

View of Mount Etna

Highlight • Viewpoint

Mount Etna is a majestic sight. Its size, vastness, and natural power are hard to put into words. Truly impressive!

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17.1 km

Ascent of Mount Etna

Highlight • Volcano

Quite a challenging climb because as well as with a steep slope it is also very rough especially in the last stretch. Even the descent if done on the paths …

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22.9 km

Etna Cable Car Lower Station

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Done! That is, almost. You are at the valley station of the Funivia dell’Etna, the cable car that was rebuilt after the last violent eruption of the volcano and has …

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26.3 km

Shelter with Barbecue in Parco dell'Etna

Highlight • Mountain Hut

31.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.5 km

10.7 km

3.98 km

1.05 km

Surfaces

11.0 km

9.23 km

8.10 km

2.04 km

408 m

375 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (2,640 m)

Lowest point (1,240 m)

Weather

Thursday 2 July

21°C

7°C

70 %

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Max wind speed: 4.0 km/h

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Sapienza Hut – View of Mount Etna loop from Monte Sona

Buried Church of the 1983 Eruption, Parco dell'Etna

House in the lava of '83.

Sapienza Hut

View of Mount Etna's crater

View of Mount Etna

Ascent of Mount Etna

Etna Cable Car Lower Station

Shelter with Barbecue in Parco dell'Etna

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