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Route 12: The shepherds’ path
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Route 12: The shepherds’ path other trails nearby (tap a dot to open it)
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–Jun · highs 12–26 °C (54–79 °F)
- J12°8°168
- F12°7°138
- M14°9°93
- A17°12°43
- M21°16°20
- J26°20°4
- J27°22°2
- A28°22°2
- S25°20°20
- O21°17°74
- N17°13°143
- D13°10°172
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)
- 8.4 km · 5.2 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 7.7 km · 4.8 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- White Mountains (Eastern Mediterranean Islands; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 7.7 km SW of Episkopí (Nomós Rethýmnis, Crete) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Sep–Jun
- Country
- Greece
- Region
- Crete
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- Apo 12
- Operator (OSM)
- Municipality of Apokoronas
- From / to
- Asi Gonia → Asi Gonia
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 35.2644, 24.2758
- Route start
- 35.2734, 24.2840
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17369967
- Official info
- samonas.gr/blog/%ce%b5%ce%bb%ce%bb%ce%b7%ce%bd%c
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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