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Piano Grilli - Altomontana
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 10–26 °C (50–79 °F)
- J7°0°141
- F8°-1°91
- M10°1°109
- A13°3°80
- M18°8°64
- J23°12°40
- J26°14°30
- A26°15°51
- S21°12°97
- O17°9°128
- N12°4°144
- 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
- Length (signed)
- 9.3 km · 5.8 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 9.3 km · 5.8 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Mount Etna (Western Mediterranean Islands; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 5.8 km SE of Bronte (Catania, Sicily) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Mar–Nov
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Catania
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- 710
- Operator (OSM)
- DRSRT Catania
- From / to
- Rifugio Piano dei Grilli → Rifugio Monte Scavo
- Route centre
- 37.7579, 14.9108
- Route start
- 37.7458, 14.8714
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 7843999
- Official info
- parcoetna.it/
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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