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Balade de l'Observatoire
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov · highs 11–27 °C (52–81 °F)
- J7°-2°70
- F9°-1°49
- M12°1°52
- A15°4°87
- M19°8°84
- J24°12°57
- J27°14°32
- A27°14°55
- S22°11°98
- O17°7°106
- N11°2°103
- D8°-1°93
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.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 5.6 km · 3.5 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 3.3 km · 2.1 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- At Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov
- Country
- France
- Region
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 43.9191, 5.7115
- Route start
- 43.9098, 5.7159
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 21153129
- Official info
- tourisme-alpes-haute-provence.com/sports-de-plei
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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