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06W Rifugio Alpe Fontana - Fusio
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
No month meets all three rules below at this spot.
- J-3°-11°113
- F-2°-10°96
- M2°-7°132
- A5°-3°211
- M10°1°262
- J15°5°219
- J18°8°206
- A17°8°224
- S13°4°270
- O8°0°228
- N2°-6°199
- D-3°-10°135
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
About 8.6 km (5.3 mi) long, 06W Rifugio Alpe Fontana - Fusio is a local hiking route in Ticino, Switzerland. It is in the Ticino Alps. It lies about 11 km southwest of Faido.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 8.6 km · 5.3 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 8.8 km · 5.5 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Ticino Alps (Lepontine Alps › Northwestern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 11 km SW of Faido (Leventina District, Ticino) · GeoNames
- Part of
- Via Alta Vallemaggia (local route)
- Country
- Switzerland
- Region
- Ticino
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- 06W
- Operator (OSM)
- Assoziazione Via Alto Vallemaggia
- From / to
- Rifugio Alpe Fontana → Fusio
- Route centre
- 46.4253, 8.6832
- Route start
- 46.4068, 8.7048
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 18280317
- Official info
- viaaltavallemaggia.ch/it/tappe/06w-rifugio-alpe-
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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