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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 14–24 °C (57–75 °F)
- J4°-2°142
- F6°-2°112
- M10°1°119
- A14°4°82
- M18°9°113
- J21°12°92
- J24°14°98
- A23°14°94
- S19°11°98
- O14°7°138
- N8°2°120
- D5°-1°164
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
Le tracé passe par plus de 80 châteaux, sur une longueur d’environ 450 km, de Wissembourg à Thann, complété par le circuit des 3 châteaux du jura alsacien. Le chemin suit un axe nord-sud globalement parallèle à la plaine d'Alsace et la crête des Vosges.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 450 km · 280 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 410 km · 254 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- France
- Region
- Bas-Rhin
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- CCFA
- Operator (OSM)
- Châteaux forts d'Alsace;Club vosgien
- From / to
- Wissembourg → Thann
- Local name
- Chemin des Châteaux forts d'Alsace
- Route centre
- 48.4338, 7.5241
- Route start
- 47.8106, 7.1029
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 13971563
- Official info
- chateauxfortsalsace.com/fr/etape_type/chemin-des
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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