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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 12–20 °C (54–68 °F)
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- S16°8°173
- O12°5°178
- N6°-1°152
- D2°-5°177
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
- Mapped length
- 197 km · 122 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- France
- Region
- Haute-Savoie
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- National route
- Operator (OSM)
- FFRP
- Route centre
- 46.2172, 6.3256
- Route start
- 46.3669, 6.7887
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 5183682
- Official info
- haute-savoie.ffrandonnee.fr/2357/html/gr-balcon-
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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