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Pista Altomontana
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 13–22 °C (55–72 °F)
- J3°-4°134
- F4°-5°81
- M6°-3°97
- A9°0°68
- M14°4°53
- J19°8°30
- J22°11°24
- A22°11°39
- S17°8°91
- O13°5°120
- N8°1°140
- D4°-3°149
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)
- 34 km · 21 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 34 km · 21 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Mount Etna (Western Mediterranean Islands; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 7.2 km NE of Ragalna (Catania, Sicily) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Catania
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- 701
- Operator (OSM)
- CAI - Parco dell'Etna
- From / to
- Piano Vetore → Piano della Pernicana
- Route centre
- 37.7602, 15.0048
- Route start
- 37.6933, 14.9812
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 7840436
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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