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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 12–20 °C (54–68 °F)
- J-1°-9°89
- F1°-8°75
- M4°-4°93
- A7°-1°106
- M12°4°136
- J17°7°130
- J20°10°139
- A20°10°144
- S16°7°136
- O12°3°109
- N5°-4°119
- D0°-8°94
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
Via son Giachen is a regional hiking route of about 30 km (19 mi) in Grisons, Switzerland. It is in the Uri-Glarus Alps. It is at Disentis.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 30 km · 19 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Uri-Glarus Alps (Glarus Alps › Northwestern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- At Disentis (Region Surselva, Grisons) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- Switzerland
- Region
- Grisons
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Regional route
- From / to
- Disentis → Amsteg
- Transliteration (OSM)
- Camino de Santiago
- Route centre
- 46.7270, 8.7625
- Route start
- 46.7055, 8.8548
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17069122
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.