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Le Sentier panoramique du Mercantour
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 10–19 °C (50–66 °F)
- J0°-8°72
- F1°-8°48
- M5°-5°69
- A7°-2°134
- M12°3°120
- J16°6°107
- J19°9°62
- A18°9°84
- S15°6°122
- O10°2°157
- N4°-4°133
- D1°-8°108
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
Via Sospel, Saint-Martin-Vésubie, Valberg
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 217 km · 135 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 216 km · 134 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Ligurian Alps (Southwestern Alps › Western Alps; GMBA)
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- France
- Region
- Alpes-Maritimes
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- National route
- Ref
- GR 52A
- Operator (OSM)
- FFRP
- From / to
- Col de Tende → Colmars
- Route centre
- 44.0360, 7.1293
- Route start
- 44.1497, 7.5619
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 1782102
- Official info
- mongr.fr/trouver-prochaine-randonnee/parcours/gr
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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16 mi · 26 km · Alpes-Maritimes
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19 mi · 31 km · Alpes-Maritimes
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22 mi · 35 km · Alpes-Maritimes
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