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Which trail suits your trip? Pick a month for typical weather, or your own dates for the forecast, rated at each trail's lowest and highest point. The best match comes first; the table below has the details. For winter trips, start with hiking in Europe in winter.

Best in October

Good no real weather drawbackMixed walkable, with one drawbackPoor a serious drawback, or out of season
How the ratings work
Good
Typical weather suits walking: no snow expected at the high point, not hot low down or cold up high, and under 200 mm of rain in the month.
Mixed
One drawback in a typical year: snow or ice possible up high, a warm or cool month, or a wet one (200 mm or more).
Poor
Snow likely at the high point, heat of 33 °C or more low down, days below 3 °C up high, or outside the published season.

From typical weather: the 1991–2020 averages at the trail's lowest and highest point, corrected for height. A published season (a park that closes, huts that open) overrides the weather. A rating is a planning aid for the area, not a report of the trail: check the official warnings before you go.

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    Alta Via 1 Italy
    Mixed
    1. January: Poor
    2. February: Poor
    3. March: Poor
    4. April: Poor
    5. May: Mixed
    6. June: Good
    7. July: Good
    8. August: Good
    9. September: Good
    10. October: Mixed
    11. November: Poor
    12. December: Poor

    2 of 12 stages rated good on typical weather. Snow or ice possible at the high point on 7 stages.

    • -1–17 °C(Typical: a night at the high point to a day at the low point)
    • 117 mm rain(Rain in a typical month, at the wetter end)
    • Snow possible(Snow at the high point (2,576 m))
    • 10 h 59(Daylight in the middle of the month)
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Trail
Alta Via 1
Italy
At a glance
Weather in October Mixed 2 of 12 stages rated good on typical weather. Snow or ice possible at the high point on 7 stages.
Typical weather
Temperature, lowest point 17° by day, 8° at night at 388 m
Temperature, highest point 4° by day, -1° at night at 2,576 m
Rain in a typical month 117 mm
Snow at the high point Snow possible High point 2,576 m
Daylight mid-month 10 h 59 Sunrise 07:28, sunset 18:27
The trail
Kind of trip Point to point in 12 stages
Length 118 km
Total climb +7,515 m
Highest point 2,576 m
Days to allow 7 walking, 5 fast Suggested for lago di braies to belluno; shorter trips in the planner
Practical
Places to sleep 13 refuges and 1 town or village Read 16 September 2026
Official status and season No official status recorded
Rules and permits –
Getting there To Lago di Braies by train and bus; Passo Falzarego and Cortina; No bus at Passo Staulanza or Passo Duran; Belluno and La Pissa
Official weather warnings Official weather warnings (Meteoalarm)
Sources Climate: TerraClimate 1991–2020 monthly averages; Forecast: Open-Meteo

Where they are

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Ratings are planning aids from typical weather or the forecast, not statements about trail conditions. Typical weather: TerraClimate 1991–2020 at each trail's lowest and highest point, corrected for height, with the Pico do Areeiro station on the Madeira peaks. Stays and status come from each guide's dated records.