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Balcons de la Méditerranée
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
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- F11°7°46
- M13°9°49
- A15°11°80
- M19°15°61
- J22°18°42
- J25°21°23
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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 sentier de grande randonnée 51 (GR 51), aussi nommé « Balcons de la Méditerranée », est un sentier de grande randonnée qui traverse les Alpes-Maritimes, le Var et les Bouches-du-Rhône d'est en ouest.
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Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 443 km · 275 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Préalpes de Nice (Maritime Alps › Southwestern Alps; GMBA)
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- France
- Region
- Var
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- National route
- Ref
- GR 51
- Operator (OSM)
- FFRP
- From / to
- Menton → La Madrague (Marseille)
- Route centre
- 43.4774, 6.4360
- Route start
- 43.7855, 7.5185
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 11087038
- Wikidata
- Q3478729
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.