1.TRAIL. Pizzo Carbonara  (Carbonara Peak)  Length 9 km Time 4 h

Starting from Rifugio Marini at Piano Battaglia you walk down for about 1,5 km along the provincial road towards Collesano, until you get to a sharp turn on the left (1,519 m) from which you take a winding path on the right that climbs up along the western slope of Pizzo Carbonara At about 1,850 m, along the edge of very steep gullies above Piano Zucchi, you leave the path, turn right and walk on across the steepest slope, along an unmarked path, through dohnic fields The rocks bear visible traces of organisms typical of the coral reefs that lived in the area during the Mesozoic Era Proceeding south-east you get to the top of Pizzo Carbonara (1,979 m), the highest non-volcanic peak in Sicily Then you walk down towards the south-east along an unmarked path until you get to Piano della Principessa (1,880 m), a wide grassy plateau, after having briefly climbed up the slope that marks its south-east rim, you go down through the beeches that cover the flanks of the Vallone di Zottafonda From here you reach another path that leads to the Battaglietta dohne and eventually can get back to Piano Battaglia

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