The Camino Olvidado in April: warnings stage by stage

Camino Olvidado in April, 23 stages. April warnings 2019–2025; updated 27 October 2026.

If you walk the whole route in April, expect around 3.1 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 3 of 12 for fewest warnings.

3.1

warning days

in 23 stages, on average

13%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 20%

0.1

orange or red days

in 23 stages, on average

Snow

the most common warning

in April

Stage by stage in April

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1. Bilbao – Mimetiz4%

2. Mimetiz – Villasana de Mena10%

3. Villasana de Mena – Espinosa de los Monteros10%

4. Espinosa de los Monteros – Santelices10%

5. Santelices – Arija10%

6. Arija – Olea13%

7. Olea – Aguilar de Campoo12%

8. Aguilar de Campoo – Cervera de Pisuerga16%

9. Cervera de Pisuerga – Tarilonte de la Peña15%

10. Tarilonte de la Peña – Guardo15%

11. Guardo – Puente Almuhey20%

12. Puente Almuhey – Cistierna19%

13. Cistierna – Boñar19%

14. Boñar – Robles de la Valcueva19%

15. Robles de la Valcueva – La Robla19%

16. La Robla – La Magdalena19%

17. La Magdalena – Riello19%

18. Riello – Fasgar19%

19. Fasgar – Igüeña19%

20. Igüeña – Labaniego19%

21. Labaniego – Congosto2%

22. Congosto – Cabañas Raras2%

23. Cabañas Raras – Villafranca del Bierzo2%

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

Which warnings come in April

Snow1.1

Storms1.1

Rain1.1

Wind0.8

Cold0.3

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

Section by section in April

Section	Warning days	Most common
Bizkaia	0.1 over 2 stages	storms and rain
Northern Burgos	0.4 over 4 stages	rain and storms
Palencia mountains	0.8 over 5 stages	storms and rain
León mountains and El Bierzo	1.7 over 12 stages	snow and storms

The worst April days on the Camino Olvidado

orange5 April 2024: orange warning on 13 of 23 stages, for wind
orange6 April 2024: orange warning on 13 of 23 stages, for wind
orange1 April 2022: orange warning on 3 of 23 stages, for snow · the episode
orange2 April 2022: orange warning on 2 of 23 stages, for snow · the episode

Frequently asked questions

Is April a good month to walk the Camino Olvidado?

By warnings, April is number 3 of 12 for calm: on average, 3.1 warning days walking the 23 stages. The section with the most warnings in April is Palencia mountains; the fewest, Bizkaia.

Which warnings are there on the Camino Olvidado in April?

Mostly for snow and storms. Orange or red shows up on 0.1 stage-days in April, 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.