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Best time to hike

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

  1. J4°-1°90
  2. F5°-1°63
  3. M9°2°77
  4. A13°4°50
  5. M17°8°67
  6. J20°11°81
  7. J22°14°80
  8. A22°13°85
  9. S18°11°78
  10. O13°7°79
  11. N8°3°84
  12. D4°0°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)
81 km · 50 mi (OSM distance tag)
Mapped length
84 km · 52 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Nearest town
At Bad Iburg (Lower Saxony) · GeoNames
Best months
Apr–Oct
Country
Germany
Region
North Rhine-Westphalia
Continent
Europe
Route type
Regional route
Ref
X17
Operator (OSM)
WHB Westfälischer Heimatbund
From / to
Bad Iburg → Hamm
Route centre
51.9239, 7.9489
Route start
52.1573, 8.0427
OpenStreetMap
relation 1634633
Official info
whb.nrw/de/wanderwege/wanderwege/hauptwanderwege
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.

Nearest trails

distance from the trail start

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