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Silvestri Craters – View of Mount Etna loop from Rifugio Giovannino Sapienza

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Silvestri Craters – View of Mount Etna loop from Rifugio Giovannino Sapienza

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Silvestri Craters – View of Mount Etna loop from Rifugio Giovannino Sapienza

01:41

13.0km

740m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 25, 2026

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Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 5.04 km for 12 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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22 m

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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830 m

Silvestri Craters

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Really strong, seldom seen anything like that!

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3.20 km

View of Mount Etna's crater

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Mr. Schlack also drives on the slag?

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4.43 km

Volcanic Trail on Mount Etna

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Walking along the wonderful path that will lead you to the crater of Etna, you will feel like you have been catapulted to Mars.

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4.97 km

Piccolo Rifugio (Etna South)

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A fascinating piece of earth and you feel as a human being infinitely small and humble towards nature.
The jeep tour oh up is highly recommended.
Attention: If it is …

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5.42 km

View of Mount Etna

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

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6.42 km

Ascent of Mount Etna

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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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12.8 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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13.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.7 km

152 m

124 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.90 km

3.71 km

202 m

141 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 4 July

17°C

8°C

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Comments

July 19, 2023,Crateri Etna

It starts from the La Sapienza refuge following the road that the 4x4 buses take also because the paths that they make on foot to climb are impossible by bike (at least for me) the first section up to the arrival of the cable car is very steep but with little volcanic sand, the second section instead as you go …

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Silvestri Craters – View of Mount Etna loop from Rifugio Giovannino Sapienza

Sapienza Hut

Silvestri Craters

View of Mount Etna's crater

Volcanic Trail on Mount Etna

Piccolo Rifugio (Etna South)

View of Mount Etna

Ascent of Mount Etna

Etna Cable Car Lower Station

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