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Cratère Dolomieu Trail
On Formica Léo, Piton de la Fournaise
Next nearby hike: Promenade des Pitons 4.2 mi · 6.8 kmExplore Formica Léo →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–Nov · highs 10–14 °C (50–57 °F)
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- F16°12°862
- M16°11°638
- A14°10°469
- M12°8°326
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- J8°4°272
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- S10°5°191
- O12°6°156
- N14°8°185
- D15°10°363
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
Normal route to Piton de la Fournaise
OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 6.2 km · 3.9 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 6.1 km · 3.8 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Formica Léo (peak, 2,218 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Piton de la Fournaise (Western Indian Ocean Islands; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 12 km SE of La Plaine-des-Palmistes (Réunion, Reunion, Reunion) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Sep–Nov
- Country
- France
- Region
- Réunion
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Regional route
- Operator (OSM)
- Office national des forêts
- From / to
- Pas de Bellecombe (Sainte-Rose) → Piton de la Fournaise : cratère Dolomieu (Saint-Pierre)
- Local name
- Sentier du Cratère Dolomieu
- Route centre
- -21.2337, 55.7033
- Route start
- -21.2253, 55.6850
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 18113433
- Wikidata
- Q1049644
- Official info
- randopitons.re/randonnees/sentier/42-sentier-cra
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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