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Traversée du Mercantour
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 13–22 °C (55–72 °F)
- J2°-7°78
- F3°-6°57
- M6°-3°72
- A8°-1°111
- M14°4°109
- J18°8°92
- J22°10°66
- A21°10°75
- S18°7°110
- O13°4°143
- N7°-2°122
- D3°-6°112
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
- Mapped length
- 221 km · 138 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Cottian Alps (Southwestern Alps › Western Alps; GMBA)
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- France
- Region
- Alpes-Maritimes
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- National route
- Ref
- GR 52
- Operator (OSM)
- FFRP
- From / to
- Entraunes → Menton
- Route centre
- 44.0729, 7.1320
- Route start
- 44.1882, 6.7485
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 3315112
- Wikidata
- Q3478731
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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