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The Cave Trail PLA 15

Local route8.7 km · 5.4 miGood year-round

Next nearby hike: The Coastal Trail PLA 14 2.9 mi · 4.7 kmExplore Crete →

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7-day forecast

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Best time to hike

Year-round

  1. J13°11°151
  2. F13°11°120
  3. M14°12°76
  4. A17°14°34
  5. M20°17°13
  6. J24°21°2
  7. J26°24°1
  8. A26°24°2
  9. S24°22°16
  10. O21°19°61
  11. N18°16°121
  12. D15°13°146

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)
8.7 km · 5.4 mi (OSM distance tag)
Mapped length
8.7 km · 5.4 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Nearest town
3.0 km S of Kolympári (Nomós Chaniás, Crete) · GeoNames
Best months
Year-round
Country
Greece
Region
Crete
Continent
Europe
Route type
Local route
Ref
PLA15 (K4)
Operator (OSM)
Chania Trails
From / to
Spilia → Spilia
Shape
Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
Route centre
35.5118, 23.7675
Route start
35.5146, 23.7783
OpenStreetMap
relation 19131269
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.

Nearest trails

distance from the trail start

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