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Piton des Neiges Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Nov · highs 13–18 °C (55–64 °F)
- J20°15°431
- F20°15°564
- M19°15°386
- A19°14°222
- M16°12°154
- J14°9°113
- J13°8°111
- A14°8°97
- S15°9°88
- O16°10°72
- N18°12°99
- D19°14°236
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 des Neiges
OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 7.6 km · 4.7 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 7.8 km · 4.8 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Piton des Neiges (peak, 3,069 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Piton des Neiges (Western Indian Ocean Islands; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 1.9 km NE of Cilaos (Réunion, Reunion, Reunion) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Nov
- Country
- France
- Region
- Réunion
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Regional route
- Operator (OSM)
- Office national des forêts
- From / to
- Le Bloc (Cilaos) → Piton des Neiges (Salazie)
- Local name
- Sentier du Piton des Neiges
- Route centre
- -21.1098, 55.4879
- Route start
- -21.1235, 55.4832
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 18113315
- Wikidata
- Q67620659
- Official info
- randopitons.re/randonnees/sentier/93-sentier-pit
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.