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Sentiero delle Ginestre
In Mount Etna
Next nearby hike: Lava 1669 Dai Monti Rossi a Mompilieri 0.8 mi · 1.3 kmExplore Mount Etna →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec · highs 10–25 °C (50–77 °F)
- J10°3°121
- F10°2°69
- M13°4°79
- A15°6°54
- M20°11°40
- J25°15°22
- J28°17°17
- A28°18°27
- S23°15°79
- O19°12°106
- N14°7°129
- D11°4°135
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
- 99 km · 61 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Mount Etna (Western Mediterranean Islands; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- At Nicolosi (Catania, Sicily) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Catania
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- SdG
- Operator (OSM)
- Etnaviva - Parco dell'Etna
- From / to
- Nicolosi → Taormina
- Route centre
- 37.7605, 15.1555
- Route start
- 37.6187, 15.0235
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 7840659
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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