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Grande Traversée des Préalpes
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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°-3°55
- F9°-2°40
- M13°1°41
- A16°4°71
- M20°8°70
- J24°12°50
- J27°14°31
- A27°14°46
- S23°11°78
- O18°7°94
- N11°2°90
- D8°-1°79
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
Grande Traversée des Préalpes is a regional hiking route of about 166 km (103 mi) in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France. It is in the Vaucluse Mountains. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 166 km · 103 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Vaucluse Mountains (Provence Alps and Prealps › Southwestern Alps; GMBA)
- Best months
- Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov
- Country
- France
- Region
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Regional route
- Operator (OSM)
- FFRP
- Route centre
- 44.0864, 6.3759
- Route start
- 44.1949, 5.9429
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 6158468
- Wikidata
- Q24933084
- Official info
- tourisme-alpes-haute-provence.com/gr-de-pays-la-
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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