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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 10–17 °C (50–63 °F)
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- F5°0°91
- M7°1°100
- A9°3°65
- M13°5°73
- J15°8°73
- J17°10°88
- A16°10°98
- S14°8°99
- O10°5°134
- N7°2°121
- D5°0°117
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
- Length (signed)
- 22 km · 14 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 23 km · 14 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 7.1 km E of Biggar (South Lanarkshire, Scotland) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Scottish Borders
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- From / to
- Peebles → Broughton
- Route centre
- 55.6331, -3.3009
- Route start
- 55.6180, -3.4121
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 2083413
- Wikidata
- Q18126327
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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