Built for Prof. Salvatore Citelli on the edge of Monte Concazze in 1935, on an area made available by Cav. Patern\u00f2 del Toscano. The refuge and the land were donated to Catania Section of the CAI (Italian Mountaineering Club). It is located at 1741 metres and can be reached via an asphalt road, while until the 1950s, it could only be reached after a three-hour walk from Fornazzo. It has been renovated recently, using funds from Parco dell\u2019Etna and now it has a small restaurant and can also sleep up to 15 people. The refuge is also a starting point for Route 723, or a meeting point for the Sentiero Italia (Grand Italian Trail – 724).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Area: 33S<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Coordinates: 505241E – 4179747N<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1139,"template":"","class_list":["post-2518","rifugi","type-rifugi","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","description-off"],"acf":{"beacon":{"ID":845,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2019-06-28 11:43:15","post_date_gmt":"2019-06-28 09:43:15","post_content":"","post_title":"Beacon 4","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"beacon-4","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-06-28 11:43:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-06-28 09:43:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.old.unescoparcoetna.it\/beacon\/beacon-4\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"beacon","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},"latitudine":"37.7633553217982","longitudine":"15.0586843446303","url_open_street_map":"","numeropoi":"4","sentieri":[{"ID":2789,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2019-11-12 15:21:28","post_date_gmt":"2019-11-12 14:21:28","post_content":"The trail\u2019s entrance is located on the right, just 100 meters before the Citelli Lodge and marked by specific signs. After a roughly ten-minute walk, hikers come across a small sheepfold. Once they get past it, the trail heads to the left, offering an initial journey through the birches of Etna. Together with three\/four channels consisting of large, thick formations of lava smoothed by the river flow, they represent an evidence of the cold climate and considerable presence of water that characterised the area in the past, as resulting from the melting of the glaciers after the glaciation.\n\nAfter a twenty-minute walk through the woodland, the trail opens to a valley where hikers can observe the interesting phenomenon of a cave-shaped lava formation (it.: ingrottamento<\/em>) known as the Grotta di Serracozzo, dating back to the 1971 eruption occurred along a fracture. The cave entrance is located upstream of the mouths and consists of a small passage requiring hikers to carefully bend down. The hikers equipped with protective helmets and flashlights may walk into it for about fifty meters.\n\nIn front of the mouths, the path regains altitude with a rather steep climb and reaches a panoramic view of the Valle del Bove at an altitude of 2095 m a.s.l. From there, it is possible to observe a series of magmatic dykes, which protect the valley itself from erosion, along a ridge known as Serracozzo following a fairly evident track. Return can be made more easily along the ridge up to 2150 m a.s.l., and then by starting to descend along a wide sandy expanse constituting the alternative trail no. 723A, which crosses the 1928 eruptive mouths, to finally join the main trail at an altitude of 1865 m a.s.l. near the sheepfold. Alternatively, from an altitude of 2150 m a.s.l. it is possible to proceed further on to Rocca della Valle by taking a slight detour at a sandy formation located on the right at an altitude of 2738 m a.s.l. and a 1610-metres walk. It is also possible to reach Pizzi Deneri at an altitude of 2847 m a.s.l. through an additional 740-metres walk. Along this segment, it is possible to observe prominent examples of the so-called \u201clava cicirara<\/em>\u201d, i.e., basaltic rocks characterised by large whitish plagioclase crystals. At Rocca della Valle, the rocky route features a particularly challenging average gradient of almost 50%.","post_title":"Rifugio Citelli - Serracozzo","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"rifugio-citelli-serracozzo","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-11-19 11:18:29","post_modified_gmt":"2020-11-19 10:18:29","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.old.unescoparcoetna.it\/sentieri\/rifugio-citelli-serracozzo\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"sentiero","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2791,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2019-11-12 15:21:28","post_date_gmt":"2019-11-12 14:21:28","post_content":"Located in the outskirts of Zafferana Etnea at an altitude of 657 m a.s.l., the village of Ballo marks the starting point of this trail. From the driveway in the initial segment, it gradually becomes more rustic to turn finally into a simple path alternating large stretches of rough lava fields from the 1852 and 1951 eruptions, with verdant areas spared by recent eruptions (Piano Bello). After 45 minutes, hikers get past the giant Ilice di Carrinu, which is believed to be 800 years old. Then, along the southern edge, after 6.7 km it is possible to reach a modest pass located under M. Fontane and overlooking the Valle del Bove, or alternatively head on to Case Pietracannone (1,150 m), Hiking Base Point located along the SP \"Mareneve di Fornazzo\".\n\nFrom here, the route bends North-West to face a long, shaded, steep ascent along the Pineta della Cubania, to rejoin the aforementioned S.P. at an altitude of 1,675, from where hikers can proceed left to the Citelli Lodge for an additional 950 m and, after 200 m, take another entrance on the right into the State Forestry Property. For a few hundred meters now, the track is unfolding across a not very wide area featuring a colony of splendid birch trees. From here, the track becomes almost flat, going from 1,660 m (where the bar marking the State Property border is located) to 1,800 m of Piano Provenzana, which can be reached after additional 5.6 km.\n\nAlong this segment, hikers immediately leave the Sartorius Mountains, born in 1865 and featuring a specific Sentiero Natura, on their right. Further on the left, the very steep Hiking Trail no. 722 (see above) departs and further into that, with a detour of just 200 m to the left, it is possible to reach the M. Baracca Lodge, in whose already pleasant surroundings are a \"pietracannone<\/em>\" as well as the bed of an ephemeral water course with a perfectly smooth lava bottom. After Piano Provenzana, the trail heads up north and runs into M. Nero di Linguaglossa, which can be passed either from the right via the main route (trail no. 724, touching an altitude of 1,920 m a.s.l.) or from the left, via the alternative trail no. 724A. The latter slightly exceeds an altitude of 2,000 m a.s.l. and allows passing near the M. Timparossa Lodge (1,838 m).\n\nOnce the two trails have joined, the route descends towards Passo dei Dammusi (1,709 m), where it connects to the Pista Altomontana (Hiking Trail no. 701). Just below the afore mentioned refuge, a shortcut (Trail no. 739) allows reaching the Grotta delle Palombe area more quickly to continue on the Sentiero Italia towards the Valle dell\u2019Alcantara.\n\nThe entire route is 26,250 km long; it crosses a difference in altitude of 1,375 m and is part of the Sentiero Italia.","post_title":"Case Pietracannone \u2013 Passo Dammusi","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"case-pietracannone-passo-dammusi","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-11-19 11:19:40","post_modified_gmt":"2020-11-19 10:19:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.old.unescoparcoetna.it\/sentieri\/case-pietracannone-passo-dammusi\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"sentiero","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"comune":"","tipologia":"","disponibilita":"","capienza":{"capienza":"","note_sulla_capienza":""},"disponibilita_idrica":{"disponibilita_idrica":"No","note_sulla_disponibilita_idrica":""},"riscaldamento":"","cucina":{"cucina":"No","note_sulla_cucina":""},"arredi":"","servizi_igienici":"No"},"yoast_head":"\n