The Ruta de la Lana in January: warnings stage by stage

Ruta de la Lana in January, 27 stages. January warnings 2019–2025; updated 27 October 2026.

If you walk the whole route in January, expect around 9.0 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 10 of 12 for fewest warnings.

9.0

warning days

in 27 stages, on average

33%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 20%

1.2

orange or red days

in 27 stages, on average

Cold

the most common warning

in January

Stage by stage in January

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1. Alicante – Orito9%

2. Orito – Petrer26%

3. Petrer – Villena25%

4. Villena – Caudete27%

5. Caudete – Almansa20%

6. Almansa – Alpera20%

7. Alpera – Alatoz40%

8. Alatoz – Casas-Ibáñez36%

9. Casas-Ibáñez – Villarta36%

10. Villarta – Campillo de Altobuey17%

11. Campillo de Altobuey – Monteagudo de las Salinas39%

12. Monteagudo de las Salinas – Fuentes37%

13. Fuentes – Cuenca37%

14. Cuenca – Villar de Domingo García40%

15. Villar de Domingo García – Villaconejos de Trabaque15%

16. Villaconejos de Trabaque – Salmerón17%

17. Salmerón – Viana de Mondéjar15%

18. Viana de Mondéjar – Cifuentes15%

19. Cifuentes – Mandayona39%

20. Mandayona – Atienza38%

21. Atienza – Retortillo de Soria46%

22. Retortillo de Soria – Fresno de Caracena46%

23. Fresno de Caracena – San Esteban de Gormaz43%

24. San Esteban de Gormaz – Quintanarraya53%

25. Quintanarraya – Santo Domingo de Silos60%

26. Santo Domingo de Silos – Mecerreyes60%

27. Mecerreyes – Burgos44%

Share of January days with some warning in each stage's zones, 2019–2025; the colour is each day's highest level.

Which warnings come in January

Cold5.1

Wind2.2

Snow1.5

Fog0.8

Rain0.1

Stage-days with a warning of each kind in January, on average; a day can have several.

Section by section in January

Section	Warning days	Most common
Alicante	0.9 over 4 stages	wind and cold
Albacete	1.5 over 5 stages	cold and wind
Cuenca	2.0 over 7 stages	cold and wind
La Alcarria and Atienza	1.5 over 5 stages	cold and wind
Soria and Burgos	3.1 over 6 stages	cold and snow

The worst January days on the Ruta de la Lana

red9 January 2021: red warning on 24 of 27 stages, for snow · the episode
orange22 January 2021: orange warning on 24 of 27 stages, for wind · the episode
red8 January 2021: red warning on 23 of 27 stages, for cold and snow · the episode
red12 January 2021: red warning on 21 of 27 stages, for cold and fog · the episode
orange13 January 2021: orange warning on 21 of 27 stages, for cold · the episode
orange28 January 2026: orange warning on 21 of 27 stages, for wind and snow · the episode
orange14 January 2021: orange warning on 17 of 27 stages, for cold · the episode
orange7 January 2021: orange warning on 14 of 27 stages, for cold and snow · the episode

Frequently asked questions

Is January a good month to walk the Ruta de la Lana?

By warnings, January is number 10 of 12 for calm: on average, 9.0 warning days walking the 27 stages. The section with the most warnings in January is Soria and Burgos; the fewest, Alicante.

Which warnings are there on the Ruta de la Lana in January?

Mostly for cold and wind. Orange or red shows up on 1.2 stage-days in January, on average.

This is not a forecast: it counts the warnings AEMET issued on those dates in past years. A warning is a forecast that a threshold will be crossed in the zone, not damage.