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From Zerbate to Serra dell'Acqua – loop tour

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Zafferana Etnea

From Zerbate to Serra dell'Acqua – loop tour

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From Zerbate to Serra dell'Acqua – loop tour

08:37

18.3km

1,350m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 12, 2024

Tips

Includes a segment that is highly dangerous

A part of this route comprises highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 4.13 km for 3.69 km

Waypoints

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Start point

Parking

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1

94 m

1992 Lava Flow – Parco dell'Etna (Mount Etna Park)

Highlight • Natural Monument

The point where the 1992 lava flow stopped! The fight between the man trying to save the inhabited center and the volcano. In the end, man's work pays off... by a miracle. Zafferana Etnea is safe!!! Very suggestive place.

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3.49 km

Thinker's Bomb (1992 Lava Flow)

Highlight • Natural Monument

Carried away by the lava flow, this incandescent boulder launched by an explosion from the eruptive cone, tapered during the downward fall. Particularly well shaped and large. I have called …

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10.3 km

Before the start of the tour necessarily inform about the weather conditions. Between autumn and spring the weather can change quickly at these altitudes. Strong wind, rain and snow make …

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11.8 km

View of Valle del Bove

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Panoramic point over the Valle del Bove, located on the crest of the Serra del Salifizio. A place to discover in every season, as the landscape changes a lot.

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13.4 km

Mount Zoccolaro

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From Monte Zoccolaro (1739 m asl) it is possible to admire below the lunar panorama of the Valle del Bove with the lava flows of the eruptions accumulated over thousands …

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15.5 km

It is a steep rocky path to this summit. you can see the lava spout from here. Unfortunately, the round is too dangerously steep uphill back to the exit. I'm turned great laurel and oak forest

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18.3 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.22 km

4.42 km

3.21 km

1.59 km

1.56 km

1.32 km

Surfaces

7.38 km

5.40 km

3.97 km

1.41 km

167 m

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Elevation

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Highest point (2,030 m)

Lowest point (720 m)

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Sunday 11 October

19°C

12°C

55 %

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Max wind speed: 6.0 km/h

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