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Best time to hike

Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 13–22 °C (55–72 °F)

  1. J5°0°87
  2. F6°0°66
  3. M9°2°77
  4. A13°5°49
  5. M17°9°71
  6. J20°11°76
  7. J22°14°84
  8. A22°14°76
  9. S18°11°78
  10. O14°8°82
  11. N9°4°86
  12. D5°1°88

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

Length (signed)
260 km · 162 mi (OSM distance tag)
Mapped length
256 km · 159 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Best months
Apr–Oct
Country
Germany
Region
North Rhine-Westphalia
Continent
Europe
Route type
National route
Ref
X1
Operator (OSM)
SGV Sauerländischer Gebirgsverein Bezirk Emscher-Lippe;WHB Westfälischer Heimatbund
Route centre
51.8147, 7.1430
Route start
51.9817, 5.9372
OpenStreetMap
relation 569604
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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distance from the trail start

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