Etna / Rifugio Sapienza from Zafferana is a climb in the region Sicily. It is 18.7km long and bridges 1349 vertical meters with an average gradient of 7.2%, resulting in a difficulty score of 1059. The top of the ascent is located at 1901 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 4 reviews of this climb and uploaded 16 photos.
Road name: SP92
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Beautiful, varied landscape. Some parts have nice smooth tarmac, but the difference from the mostly coarse tarmac is great (making the climb a lot harder). Punctured in the descent by a pothole in the road, so be careful!
Lots of cars's and coaches. The latter sometimes come awfully close, unfortunately.
In terms of heaviness, the climb was doable, but if you come from sea level (in my case Giardini Naxos) you get a tough one (1890hm).
Mooi, afwisselend landschap. Sommige delen hebben mooi glad asfalt, maar het verschil met het overwegend grove asfalt is groot (wat de klim een stuk zwaarder maakt). In de afdaling lek gereden door een kuil in de weg, dus pas goed op!
Veel auto's en touringcars. De laatste komen soms akelig dichtbij, helaas.
Qua zwaarte was de klim te doen, maar als je vanaf zeeniveau komt (in mijn geval Giardini Naxos) krijg je een zware klim voor de kiezen (1890hm).
Nice climb, not too much traffic (perhaps because it was a Monday). Would no doubt have been even better if it hadn’t been cloudy. Being fully visible in the morning, Etna clouded up pretty fast, limiting both the coastal views as well as the mountain views (but fortunately no rain ☺️) Make sure you bring a windbreaker, as it can get chilly. Around the 14k point a 1-2k stretch of bad pavement, watch out when descending. Rifugio Sapienza is a busy tourist trap, nót a lot of fun.
Long climb, some fairly steep but manageable sections. Road surface not optimal, watch out for volcanic sand.
Salita lunga,qualche punto abbastanza ripido ma gestibile. Manto stradale non ottimale, attenzione alla sabbia vulcanica .
A very long but beautiful climb. The road is reasonable with occasional volcanic ash/sand on the road. Most of the climb is doable with some fairly steep sections. In autumn it can be very cool at the top, so take extra warm clothes for the descent.
Een erg lange maar prachtige klim. De weg is redelijk met af en toe wat vulkanisch as/zand op de weg. Het grootste gedeelte is redelijk te doen met een paar vrij steile stukken. In het najaar kan het heel erg afkoelen op de top, neem dus extra warme kleren mee voor de afdaling.
| 7 km/h | 02:40:08 |
| 11 km/h | 01:41:54 |
| 15 km/h | 01:14:44 |
| 19 km/h | 00:59:00 |
