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Piano dei Grilli - Maniace

In Mount Etna

Local route20 km · 13 miBest Mar–Nov

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Best time to hike

Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 10–26 °C (50–79 °F)

  1. J7°0°141
  2. F8°-1°91
  3. M10°1°109
  4. A13°3°80
  5. M18°8°64
  6. J23°12°40
  7. J26°14°30
  8. A26°15°51
  9. S21°12°97
  10. O17°9°128
  11. N12°4°144
  12. D8°1°160

Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.

How we pick months

Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.

Trail facts

Mapped length
20 km · 13 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Mountain range
Mount Etna (Western Mediterranean Islands; GMBA)
Nearest town
5.8 km SE of Bronte (Catania, Sicily) · GeoNames
Part of
TREKKING DEL SANTO (regional route)
Best months
Mar–Nov
Country
Italy
Region
Catania
Continent
Europe
Route type
Local route
From / to
Piano dei Grilli → Maniace
Route centre
37.8030, 14.8396
Route start
37.7458, 14.8713
OpenStreetMap
relation 21130209
How it’s scored

Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.

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