During the night of Saturday the 26th and Sunday the 27th of October 2002, various earthquakes warned us that Etna was reawakening from a respite of circa 15 months, based mainly on the violent paroxysmal activity of the volcano on the northern slope of Linguaglossa. The entire Piano Provenzana with its many tourist buildings were totally covered by the flowing lava and roads were ripped apart. A section of the ancient RAGABO PINE GROVE was in flames. This was the result of the devastating force of Mount Etna, which on this occasion decided to really scare us…
 
Starting from PIANO PROVENZANA, you will reach the craters from which the most important eruptions occurred over the last few decades on the northern slope of the volcano. You will cross the flow from these craters along a path that runs beside the lava channel, a deep canyon cut by an enormous magma mass that invaded and partially destroyed the ancient RAGABO PINE GROVE. From here you will re-enter the PIANO PROVENZANA.

Excursion Duration: 2 hours approx.
Difficulty: easy

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