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Tour de la Haute vallée de la Clarée
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jul–Aug · highs 13–13 °C (55–55 °F)
- J-9°-16°132
- F-7°-16°105
- M-4°-13°116
- A-1°-9°118
- M4°-6°129
- J9°-1°123
- J13°2°98
- A13°2°112
- S9°-1°132
- O4°-6°158
- N-3°-12°137
- D-8°-16°153
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
About 85 km (53 mi) long, Tour de la Haute vallée de la Clarée is a national hiking route in Hautes-Alpes, France. It is in the Mont Cenis Massif. It lies about 9.0 km north of Le Monêtier-les-Bains.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 85 km · 53 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Mont Cenis Massif (Cottian Alps › Southwestern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 9.0 km N of Le Monêtier-les-Bains (Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Jul–Aug
- Country
- France
- Region
- Hautes-Alpes
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- National route
- Ref
- GR 57
- Operator (OSM)
- FFRP
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 45.0475, 6.5636
- Route start
- 45.0530, 6.4716
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 16101643
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.