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Best time to hike

Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 11–24 °C (52–75 °F)

  1. J8°0°94
  2. F8°0°65
  3. M11°2°65
  4. A13°5°109
  5. M17°9°90
  6. J21°13°58
  7. J24°16°26
  8. A24°16°43
  9. S20°13°109
  10. O16°9°164
  11. N11°5°151
  12. D9°2°136

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

Mapped length
165 km · 102 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Mountain range
Castellane Prealps (Provence Alps and Prealps › Southwestern Alps; GMBA)
Best months
Mar–Nov
Country
France
Region
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Continent
Europe
Route type
National route
Ref
GR 406
Operator (OSM)
FFRP
Route centre
43.9320, 6.4159
Route start
43.6669, 6.9185
OpenStreetMap
relation 6062350
Wikidata
Q22247902
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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