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Alta via Monti Picentini Occidentali
On Monti Picentini, Picentini Mountains
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 12–24 °C (54–75 °F)
- J7°0°151
- F7°0°127
- M9°2°132
- A12°4°135
- M17°8°84
- J21°12°61
- J24°15°44
- A24°15°43
- S20°12°132
- O16°9°153
- N11°4°202
- D7°1°201
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 7.5 km (4.6 mi) long, Alta via Monti Picentini Occidentali is a regional hiking route in Salerno, Italy. It is on Monti Picentini in the Picentini Mountains. It lies about 4.1 km north of Curti.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 7.5 km · 4.6 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 7.4 km · 4.6 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Monti Picentini (mountain, 1,809 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Picentini Mountains (Campanian Apennines › Southern Apennines; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 4.1 km N of Curti (Provincia di Salerno, Campania) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Salerno
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- 116
- Operator (OSM)
- Sezione CAI - Salerno
- From / to
- Varco della Colla → Pizzo San Michele
- Route centre
- 40.7935, 14.8781
- Route start
- 40.7872, 14.9120
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 9117284
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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