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Tour des Montagnes d'Ax
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 11–24 °C (52–75 °F)
- J8°-1°74
- F8°0°51
- M11°2°63
- A13°4°80
- M17°8°80
- J22°12°63
- J24°15°48
- A24°15°56
- S21°12°58
- O17°8°66
- N12°3°66
- D8°0°72
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
Tour des Montagnes d'Ax is a regional hiking route of about 72 km (44 mi) in Ariège, France. It is in the Hospitalet Massif. It is at Ax-les-Thermes.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 72 km · 44 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 71 km · 44 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Hospitalet Massif (Northeastern Pyrenees › Eastern Pyrenees; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- At Ax-les-Thermes (Ariège, Occitanie) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Mar–Nov
- Country
- France
- Region
- Ariège
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Regional route
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 42.6706, 1.8301
- Route start
- 42.7226, 1.8348
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 14921347
- Wikidata
- Q137360710
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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