Tag: Mountain

Skiing on Etna is something out of this world! And especially when the volcano in erupting the same time. This day was just perfect! New fresh snow that didn’t become icy yet and no wind at all. So warm I had to take my gloves off and was glad I just put jeans on. On one side you have the volcano, and on the other side a spectacular view to Taormina, Giardini-Naxos and with a clear day like this, all the way to Calabria.

Sadly you can not program to ski on Etna as the window of days is very narrow. We had just one day in one week of time to go because as soon as the Sicilian hot sun appears the snow melts rapidly and Etna is often very windy. You can do this if you are lucky to be in Sicily this time and match a day similar to this.

The north side has snow some days longer than the south side. There are two bars, some rental offices for ski equipment ecc. Three lifts with short slopes as Sicily is of course not a ski destination. We paid 30 euro each for the lifts, 20 euro each for rental of a whole set and 3 euro for parking. There is also a nice lunch restaurant by the slopes which you can reach skiing and then just take the ski lift up again. I recommend to go in the middle of the week as weekends are very crowded. — More photos after Swedish text —

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Skid?kning p? Etna ?r n?got utanf?r denna v?rld! Och speciellt n?r vulkanen har utbrott samtidigt. Den h?r dagen var bara s? perfekt! Ny fr?sch sn? som inte blivit isig ?nnu och ingen vind alls. S? varmt att jag var tvungen att ta av mina handskar och glad att jag hade bara jeans. P? den ena sidan har du vulkanen, och andra sidan en spektakul?r utsikt mot Taormina, Giardini-Naxos och med en klar dag som denna, hela v?gen till Kalabrien.

Tyv?rr kan du inte f?rprogrammera f?r att ?ka skidor p? Etna eftersom tilff?llet av dagar ?r mycket kort. Vi hade bara en dag under en vecka att ?ka f?r att s? snart den sicilianska heta solen kommer fram sm?lter sn?n snabbt och p? Etna ?r det ofta v?ldigt bl?sigt. Du kan g?ra det om du har tur att vara p? Sicilien och matcha en dag som liknar denna.

Norra sidan har sn? n?gra dagar l?ngre ?n s?dra sidan. Det finns tv? barer, n?gra hyreskontor f?r skidutrustning ecc. Tre liftar med korta backar d? Sicilien naturligtvis inte ?r ett skidomr?de. Vi betalade 30 euro f?r liftarna, 20 euro f?r uthyrning av en hel upps?ttning och 3 euro f?r parkering. Det finns ocks? en trevlig lunchrestaurang vid backarna som du kan n? p? skidor och ta bara skidliften upp igen. Rekommenderar att ?ka under veckan, d? helgen ?r smockat med skid?kare.

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Lunch time //? Lunchdags

Back to the slopes again! / Tillbaka till backarna!