The meeting point is at Piano Provenzana- North Etna (1800m.) where, after reporting for the trek and having your booking checked, our adventure will begin along an easy trail that unwinds towards the lava flow of 2002. Passing through a splendid beech wood, we’ll reach the bottom of the craters from which the most important eruption in the last few decades on the northern side of the volcano spouted forth. We will cross the lava flow spilled from these lateral craters along a striking path that skirts the lava channel; a deep canyon cut out of the enormous magma mass that invaded and partially destroyed the centuries-old Ragabo Pine Forest. We’ll set off in the direction of the 1923 fracture and follow it part of the way, before continuing towards the volcanic cones of 2022, skirting the perimeter to begin our descent towards Piano Provenzana.
Excursion to the 2002 craters
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Excursion to the 2002 craters
3 hours
Tue, Thu, Sat
Easy
The price includes:
Certified Guide; Hiking shoes; Trekking poles; Helmet
Scheduling
Tue, Thu, Sat
Recommended period
From January to December
Duration
3 hours
Difficulty
Easy
Starting point
Piano Provenzana - Etna Nord Map
Departure time
10:00 am
Recommended equipment
Trekking shoes, layered clothing for the different temperatures we may encounter during the excursion, hat, backpack. Telescopic trekking poles will be provided by the Guides on request.
Notes
All year round (possible with snowshoes in the winter period)
Warnings
EXCURSION ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED TO PEOPLE WITH HEART PROBLEMS AND ASTHMATICS.
Excursion to the 2002 craters
Excursion to the 2002 craters
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Piano Provenzana – Etna Nord
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International Federation of Mountain Guides Association
International Federation of Mountain Guides Association

The Mountain Guide - Master of Mountaineering is completely autonomous in every discipline and over any territory in the 16 countries worldwide registered with the U.I.A.G.M. (The International Union of Mountain Guides Association): Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, England, Italy, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, The United States, Sweden and Switzerland.
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Mountain and Volcanological Guides Regional Authority of Sicily

Currently the Etna guides, who are the only professional figures permitted by Regional Law 28 dated 6/4/96 to accompany people on the volcano, form part of the Mountain and Volcanological Guides Regional Authority of Sicily, located in Nicolosi (CT) at Via Etnea no. 49 and has 53 mountain and Volcanological guide members.