Triona Mount
Monte Triona is a peak of the Monti Sicani. It is just 1215 meters high but is one of the most significant peaks due to its dominant and central position in the western Sican landscape and due to the nature of the rocks that emerge on the top. These are Mesozoic sedimentary rocks, among the oldest rocks in Sicily.
Mount Troina is located within an area heavily anthropized in antiquity precisely by virtue of its particular morphological characteristics , orographic and hydrographic. Numerous settlements, which arose during the Early Iron Age, in fact occupy the isolated hills placed in a position of control over the valley floor areas.
The ancient neviere are of particular interest , particular trenches where the snow was kept and used in the summer to prepare refreshing drinks.
Downstream of Monte Triona, in the locality of Cervi, is the Cervi equipped area, ideal for picnics and as a logistics base for trekking. With numerous tables, fountains and barbecues. Continuing along the path that starts from the equipped area, you reach the summit of the mountain, from whose height it is possible to see Etna on clear days.
