Grotta del Lago
Sciara Nera
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The cave of the Lake, one of the hardest to reach on Mount Etna. Once, even in summer, there was water inside
The cave of the Lake, one of the hardest to reach on Mount Etna. Once, even in summer, there was water inside
Description also available in Italian and German.
Let's start from the Grotta del Gelo (route can be downloaded with ViewRanger). Turn your back to the cave and start walking on the left, after a few meters there's a recent magma field on the right, with some red signals indicating the path. This section is a bit difficult to walk on, but after this the trail become quite easy until you get to the cave entrance.
Although we are at the end of August, the entrance is still full of snow. Inside the cave the are many ice crystals, but the "room of the lake" is dried. We don't know whether this is due to the season or to some change in the cave structure, Mount Etna caves evolve continuously. A new opening on the ceiling could cause an air flow, or a fissure in the ground could generate a water leak leading to this result.
The cave is very long, within it the ceiling collapsed in many points. We suggest you not to go too further inside, but just observe the lake room and the ice crystals in the first section.
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