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B02 - Le tour de l'Armélaz
Next nearby hike: B01 - Le Plan de la Lie 1.1 mi · 1.8 kmExplore L'Armélaz →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 11–18 °C (52–64 °F)
- J-2°-11°119
- F0°-10°98
- M3°-6°102
- A6°-3°89
- M11°1°107
- J15°5°102
- J18°7°88
- A18°7°97
- S14°4°96
- O10°0°112
- N3°-7°111
- D-1°-10°125
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 9.3 km (5.8 mi) long, B02 - Le tour de l'Armélaz is a local hiking route in Savoie, France. It is on L'Armélaz in the Vanoise Massif. It lies about 4.1 km east of Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 9.3 km · 5.8 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 12 km · 7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- L'Armélaz (peak, 1,840 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Vanoise Massif (Graian Alps › Northwestern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 4.1 km E of Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines (Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- France
- Region
- Savoie
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- B02
- Operator (OSM)
- 3CMA
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 45.3376, 6.3446
- Route start
- 45.3438, 6.3562
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 12121548
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail startB01 - Le Plan de la Lie
1.1 mi · 1.8 km · Savoie
B03 - Le Grand Coin
1.2 mi · 2.0 km · Savoie
B04 - Le tour des villages de Montvernier
1.5 mi · 2.4 km · Savoie
B05 - Le Balcon des Plagnes
2.2 mi · 3.5 km · Savoie
B06 - Le Balcon du Rocher aux Chamois
2.5 mi · 4.1 km · Savoie
B10 - Lancheton
3.7 mi · 5.9 km · Savoie