The Camino Olvidado in February: warnings stage by stage

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

If you walk the whole route in February, expect around 4.5 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 7 of 12 for fewest warnings.

4.5

warning days

in 23 stages, on average

20%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 20%

0.7

orange or red days

in 23 stages, on average

Snow

the most common warning

in February

Stage by stage in February

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1. Bilbao – Mimetiz6%

2. Mimetiz – Villasana de Mena14%

3. Villasana de Mena – Espinosa de los Monteros16%

4. Espinosa de los Monteros – Santelices16%

5. Santelices – Arija16%

6. Arija – Olea18%

7. Olea – Aguilar de Campoo19%

8. Aguilar de Campoo – Cervera de Pisuerga25%

9. Cervera de Pisuerga – Tarilonte de la Peña21%

10. Tarilonte de la Peña – Guardo21%

11. Guardo – Puente Almuhey27%

12. Puente Almuhey – Cistierna26%

13. Cistierna – Boñar26%

14. Boñar – Robles de la Valcueva26%

15. Robles de la Valcueva – La Robla26%

16. La Robla – La Magdalena26%

17. La Magdalena – Riello26%

18. Riello – Fasgar26%

19. Fasgar – Igüeña26%

20. Igüeña – Labaniego26%

21. Labaniego – Congosto6%

22. Congosto – Cabañas Raras6%

23. Cabañas Raras – Villafranca del Bierzo6%

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

Which warnings come in February

Snow2.1

Cold1.7

Wind1.6

Rain0.3

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

Section by section in February

Section	Warning days	Most common
Bizkaia	0.2 over 2 stages	wind and snow
Northern Burgos	0.7 over 4 stages	wind and snow
Palencia mountains	1.1 over 5 stages	snow and cold
León mountains and El Bierzo	2.5 over 12 stages	snow and cold

The worst February days on the Camino Olvidado

orange23 February 2023: orange warning on 19 of 23 stages, for cold and snow · the episode
orange2 February 2019: orange warning on 18 of 23 stages, for wind and snow · the episode
orange24 February 2023: orange warning on 18 of 23 stages, for cold · the episode
orange26 February 2024: orange warning on 17 of 23 stages, for wind and snow
orange27 February 2024: orange warning on 17 of 23 stages, for wind and snow · the episode
orange14 February 2026: orange warning on 17 of 23 stages, for wind and snow · the episode
orange20 February 2021: orange warning on 13 of 23 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange1 February 2019: orange warning on 12 of 23 stages, for wind and snow · the episode

Frequently asked questions

Is February a good month to walk the Camino Olvidado?

By warnings, February is number 7 of 12 for calm: on average, 4.5 warning days walking the 23 stages. The section with the most warnings in February is Palencia mountains; the fewest, Bizkaia.

Which warnings are there on the Camino Olvidado in February?

Mostly for snow and cold. Orange or red shows up on 0.7 stage-days in February, 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.