Sicily Trekking Description

Sicilyphotos Trekking Website contains more than 260 Km of great Trekking in Sicily, ranging from 4 hours to 9 hours plus suggestions for side trips and alternative routes. Each trak description has a brief introduction outlining the natural and cultural features you may encounter, plus information to help you plan your trek - level of difficulty, time frame, gps points, maps.

Times and Distances are provided only as a guide. Times are based on good physical conditions and include just few stops for snacks and taking some photographs. Be sure to factor these in when planning your trekking in Sicily. Distances are provided but should be read in conjunction with ascent. Significant ascent changes can make a greater difference to your trekking time than lateral distance.

Level of Difficulty:

Grading system are always arbitrary, however, having an indication of the grade may help you choose between treks

EASY: A trek on flat terrain , small ascent (400/600 mt) with the path well indicated

Moderate/Medium : A trek with challenging terrain, stronger ascent (500/900 mt) and Path that sometimes is not well indicated

Difficult: Trek with longer distance and especially havier ascent (over 1000 mt - 3000 feet) and path that sometimes is not very well indicated

Very Difficult: Trek with longer distance and especially havier ascent (over 1000 mt - 3000 feet) and very steep (20%-50%) and path that is not indicated

The ASCENT: Ascent is very important to plan your trekking/Hiking. 1000 mt ascent in 15 Km trail are very different from 1000 mt ascent in 5 km trail. So...consider the steepness.

The Steepness ;o)

How to calculate the steepness?

In MILES: if a hill goes up 264 feet in 2 miles, then we can first convert 2 miles to 10560 feet -- so the grade is then 0.025 = 264 feet / 10560 feet, which is 2.5%. -

In METERS: If you go up 300 meters and you walk 2 Km - Convert 2 Km in meters = 2000 meters than - 300/2000 = 0.15 = 15%

Slope (%)	Approximate degrees	Terminology
0 - 0.5	0	Level
0.5 - 2	0.3 - 1.1	Nearly level
2 - 5	1.1 - 3	Very gentle slope
5 - 9	3 - 5	Gentle slope
9 - 15	5 - 8.5	Moderate slope
15 - 30	8.5 - 16.5	Strong slope
30 - 45	16.5 - 24	Very strong slope
45 - 70	24 - 35	Extreme slope
70 - 100	35 - 45	Steep slope
> 100	> 45	Very steep slope