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Circular Sierra Dúrcal - La Esperanza
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 11–27 °C (52–81 °F)
- J8°-2°85
- F9°-1°76
- M12°1°66
- A13°2°79
- M17°6°53
- J23°11°28
- J27°14°4
- A27°14°8
- S22°11°46
- O17°7°76
- N11°2°110
- D8°0°123
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
Circular Sierra Dúrcal - La Esperanza is a regional hiking route in Granada, Spain, about 30 km (19 mi) in length. It is in the Sierra Nevada. Difficulty: Hard (7/10).
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Difficulty
- Hard (7/10) (hard · OpenStreetMap difficulty tag (ODbL))
- Length (signed)
- 30 km · 19 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 30 km · 19 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Sierra Nevada (Penibaetic System › Baetic System; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 3.0 km N of Nigüelas (Provincia de Granada, Andalusia) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Mar–Nov
- Country
- Spain
- Region
- Granada
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- PR-A 385
- From / to
- Dúrcal → Dúrcal
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 37.0124, -3.5264
- Route start
- 37.0044, -3.5357
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 11878162
How it’s scored
Hard (7/10). Official rating: hard · OpenStreetMap difficulty tag (ODbL).
A score is omitted when we do not have an official rating or enough measured length and elevation gain to compute one. Nothing is guessed. Read the NPS method: https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/how-to-determine-hiking-difficulty.htm
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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