Place: Biancavilla. Coordinates 14 ° 48'04 '' - 37 ° 42'00 ''

Track length: 0.1 km (one way).

Altitude at departure and arrival: 363/362 s.l.m.

Time required: a / r: 10 '(one-way).

Coming in Biancavilla by state 284, at the junction for entering the city will turn heads a canyon ("Vallone Sumac") from the reddish walls of pyroclastic origin.

It is a lava deposit born about fifteen thousand years ago (Pleistocene), "Ignimbrite of Pallet-Montalto", formed by mudslides released by sudden shots of the eruptive activity, characterized by violent explosions, even with the sudden release of huge amounts of water.

In this area we find ashes, bombs and blocks firmly united among themselves testifying cone explosions quell'atinco volcano have been violent. You can also find fossils of trees and charred organic remains generic.