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Serra Buffa Refuge – Pineta di Linguaglossa loop from SIC Monte Baracca e Contrada Giarrita

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Serra Buffa Refuge – Pineta di Linguaglossa loop from SIC Monte Baracca e Contrada Giarrita

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Serra Buffa Refuge – Pineta di Linguaglossa loop from SIC Monte Baracca e Contrada Giarrita

04:02

39.9km

1,100m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 17, 2026

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Pineta di Linguaglossa

Parco dell'Etna

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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138 m

Snow Grotto

Highlight • Cave

Take a flashlight with you. Cave is pitch-black.

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5.52 km

Serra Buffa Refuge

Highlight • Mountain Hut

This spartan but welcoming refuge offers an excellent opportunity to take a break inside the Bosco della Cerrita.

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7.53 km

Piano Noce Cave

Highlight • Cave

Turnoff to the grotto

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9.89 km

Monte Crisimo Mountain Hut

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Immersed in the woods, well maintained, clean and fragrant, always open

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20.6 km

Passo Silletta

Mountain Pass

23.4 km

Descent Through the Pine Forest — Parco dell'Etna

Highlight • Forest

fine slope over pine needles through the forest

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26.4 km

Trail on the 2002 lava field at Parco dell'Etna

Highlight • Trail

26.9 km

Lava Flow in Pineta di Linguaglossa

Highlight • Natural Monument

In this section of the Pista Altomontana, the chromatic combination between the black of the lava stone and the green of the pine trees is a unique and evocative spectacle.

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28.2 km

The larch pines of the Linguaglossa pine forest rise above the ancient lava flows in a natural landscape of enormous beauty. “U Zappiunuzzu” is the largest and oldest of the larch pines, the undisputed symbol of the pine forest.

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39.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

32.3 km

7.52 km

111 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

16.4 km

13.0 km

7.52 km

1.66 km

1.22 km

111 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,670 m)

Lowest point (1,100 m)

Weather

Tuesday 2 June

24°C

12°C

17 %

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Serra Buffa Refuge – Pineta di Linguaglossa loop from SIC Monte Baracca e Contrada Giarrita

Snow Grotto

Serra Buffa Refuge

Piano Noce Cave

Monte Crisimo Mountain Hut

Descent Through the Pine Forest — Parco dell'Etna

Trail on the 2002 lava field at Parco dell'Etna

Lava Flow in Pineta di Linguaglossa

Pineta di Linguaglossa

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