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Best time to hike

Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 12–22 °C (54–72 °F)

  1. J4°-1°117
  2. F5°-1°88
  3. M9°2°104
  4. A12°4°69
  5. M17°8°86
  6. J19°11°99
  7. J22°13°98
  8. A21°13°96
  9. S17°11°96
  10. O13°7°103
  11. N8°3°111
  12. D4°0°118

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)
210 km · 131 mi (OSM distance tag)
Mapped length
211 km · 131 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Place
Straße der Arbeit (grouped by trail name)
Best months
Apr–Oct
Country
Germany
Region
North Rhine-Westphalia
Continent
Europe
Route type
National route
Ref
SdA
Operator (OSM)
Sauerländischer Gebirgsverein Bezirk Bergisches Land
Route centre
51.0448, 7.5015
Route start
51.2629, 7.2362
OpenStreetMap
relation 121147
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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distance from the trail start

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