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Sapienza Hut – House in the lava of '83. loop from Gravina di Catania

Routes

Mountain biking trails

Italy

Sicily

Catania

Sant'Agata Li Battiati

Sapienza Hut – House in the lava of '83. loop from Gravina di Catania

Hard

3.8

(16)

113

riders

Sapienza Hut – House in the lava of '83. loop from Gravina di Catania

04:48

57.5km

1,630m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 12, 2026

Tips

Includes very steep uphill segments

You may need to push your bike.

After 13.8 km for 120 m

After 20.1 km for 668 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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12.4 km

Monte Grosso Shelter

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Cool shelter, great for sleeping, fireplace and wood available, clean, panoramic

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23.0 km

Buried Church of the 1983 Eruption, Parco dell'Etna

Highlight • Religious Site

lava flow cave

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29.9 km

Etna Cable Car Lower Station

Highlight • Rest Area

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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30.0 km

Sapienza Hut

Highlight • Mountain Hut

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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35.3 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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57.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

45.6 km

6.04 km

3.42 km

2.46 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

46.9 km

4.87 km

3.37 km

1.25 km

966 m

220 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 7 July

33°C

22°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 10.0 km/h

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Comments

June 8, 2025,Salendo verso il Sapienza…

06.08.2025 CLIMBING TOWARDS SAPIENZA…

After an intense and stressful week at work, I allowed myself, as is my habit, my little escape from everyday life in contact with a society that is drifting away and that I like less and less and of which I know, precisely because of the activity I do, the worst part…
During the journey, immersed …

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April 20, 2025,Tremestieri Etneo - Rifugio Sapienza on e off road

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