Rifugio Monte La Nave – Grotta del Gelo

As for the trail described above, this, too, was created by the Etna mountaineers using a strip of territory, called Dagala dell’Orso, which remained unscathed from the lava flows for several centuries and on which, therefore, a splendid wooded area could develop (mainly beech).

The trail starts shortly after the junction between the Pista Altomontana and the small road leading down into Contrada La Nave, and creeps into the beech forest between the Sciara del Follone and the Dammusi’s lava. Inside the “dagala” the trail is well preserved, while it becomes just a trace in the final section towards the cavity. It is 4,300 m long and has a difference in altitude of 605 m to reach the Grotta del Gelo.