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

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

If you walk the whole route in October, expect around 2.7 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 3 of 12 for fewest warnings.

2.7

warning days

in 27 stages, on average

10%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 20%

0.3

orange or red days

in 27 stages, on average

Rain

the most common warning

in October

Stage by stage in October

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1. Alicante – Orito8%

2. Orito – Petrer9%

3. Petrer – Villena7%

4. Villena – Caudete11%

5. Caudete – Almansa7%

6. Almansa – Alpera7%

7. Alpera – Alatoz11%

8. Alatoz – Casas-Ibáñez10%

9. Casas-Ibáñez – Villarta12%

10. Villarta – Campillo de Altobuey10%

11. Campillo de Altobuey – Monteagudo de las Salinas12%

12. Monteagudo de las Salinas – Fuentes11%

13. Fuentes – Cuenca11%

14. Cuenca – Villar de Domingo García13%

15. Villar de Domingo García – Villaconejos de Trabaque8%

16. Villaconejos de Trabaque – Salmerón10%

17. Salmerón – Viana de Mondéjar9%

18. Viana de Mondéjar – Cifuentes9%

19. Cifuentes – Mandayona10%

20. Mandayona – Atienza8%

21. Atienza – Retortillo de Soria11%

22. Retortillo de Soria – Fresno de Caracena10%

23. Fresno de Caracena – San Esteban de Gormaz7%

24. San Esteban de Gormaz – Quintanarraya11%

25. Quintanarraya – Santo Domingo de Silos15%

26. Santo Domingo de Silos – Mecerreyes15%

27. Mecerreyes – Burgos7%

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

Which warnings come in October

Rain1.6

Wind1.3

Storms0.8

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

Section by section in October

Section	Warning days	Most common
Alicante	0.3 over 4 stages	rain and storms
Albacete	0.5 over 5 stages	rain and storms
Cuenca	0.8 over 7 stages	rain and storms
La Alcarria and Atienza	0.5 over 5 stages	wind and rain
Soria and Burgos	0.7 over 6 stages	wind and rain

The worst October days on the Ruta de la Lana

orange2 October 2020: orange warning on 20 of 27 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange20 October 2020: orange warning on 9 of 27 stages, for wind · the episode
orange21 October 2020: orange warning on 9 of 27 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange17 October 2026: orange warning on 8 of 27 stages, for rain and storms · the episode
orange19 October 2023: orange warning on 7 of 27 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange8 October 2025: orange warning on 6 of 27 stages, for rain and storms
orange1 October 2026: orange warning on 6 of 27 stages, for rain and storms · the episode
orange9 October 2024: orange warning on 4 of 27 stages, for wind · the episode

Frequently asked questions

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

By warnings, October is number 3 of 12 for calm: on average, 2.7 warning days walking the 27 stages. The section with the most warnings in October is Soria and Burgos; the fewest, Alicante.

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

Mostly for rain and wind. Orange or red shows up on 0.3 stage-days in October, 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.