SICILY  TREKKING 
The Trekking Training 
By: Giorgio's House
TREKKING  DESCRIPTION 
 
Sicilyphotos Trekking Website contains more than 330 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
How to calculate the cold? 
The Feeling with the wind
Wind Speed 
Km/h
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
72
-6
-14
-21
-28
-34
-41
-47
-52
61
-6
-13
-20
-27
-33
-40
-46
-51
50
-5
-11
-18
-25
-31
-37
-43
-49
40
-4
-9
-17
-23
-29
-35
-41
-46
29
-2
-7
-13
-19
-24
-30
-36
-42
18
2
-3
-9
-14
-20
-25
-30
-35
7
7
2
-2
-6
-11
-15
-20
-23
Real 
Temperature
8
4
0
-4
-8
-12
-16
-20
Real Air Temperature
 
International Grading Systems 
 
There are unique grading systems throughout the entire world. The following table compares them.  
 
Australia France UK USA (YDS) Bouldering Scale
4 1 M 5.1 VB
6 2 M 5.2 VB
6 2+ 3a VD 5.3 VB
8 3- 3b VD, 3B HVD 5.4 VB
10 3 3c HVD, 3c S 5.5 VB
12 3+ 4a S, 4a HS 5.6 VB
14 4 4a VS, 4b HS 5.7 VB
14, 16 4+ 4c VS 5.8 VB
16 5 4c HVS 5.9 VB
18 5+ 5b HVS 5.10a VB
19 6a 5a E1 5.10b VB
19,20 6a+ 5b E2 5.10c VB
20,21 6b 6a E2, 5C E3 5.10d V0
21 6b+ 6a E3 5.11a V0
22 6c 6a E4 5.11b V1
23 6c+ 6a E4, 6b E4 5.11c V1
23/24 7a 6b E4, 6a E5 5.11d V2
24 7a+ 6a E5, 6c E5 5.12a V3
25 7b 6c E5 5.12b V4
26 7b+ 6b E6 5.12c V5
27 7c 6c E6 5.12d V6
28 7c+ 6c E7 5.13a V7
29 8a 7a E7 5.13b V8
30 8a+ 6c E8 5.13c V9
31 8b 7a E8 5.13d V10
32 8b+ 7a E9 5.14a V11
33 8c 7b E9 5.14b V12
34 8c+ 7a E10 5.14c V13
35 9a 7b E10 5.14d V14
36 9a+ 7b E10 5.15a V15
37 9a+ 7b E10 5.15b V16
 
 
 
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