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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 12–16 °C (54–61 °F)
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- M12°5°83
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- S13°7°113
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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
Trail of the 7 Lochs is a regional hiking route in Highland, United Kingdom, about 80 km (50 mi) in length. It lies about 10 km southwest of Milton of Leys. By long-term climate averages, the best months are May–Sep.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 80 km · 50 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 82 km · 51 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 10 km SW of Milton of Leys (Highland, Scotland) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Highland
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- T7L
- Operator (OSM)
- South Loch Ness Access Group
- Route centre
- 57.3227, -4.3434
- Route start
- 57.3686, -4.2502
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 12807812
- Official info
- southlochnessaccess.org.uk/index.asp?pageid=1734
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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European long distance path E2 north
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