The GR 11 in April: warnings stage by stage

GR 11 in April, 38 stages. April warnings 2019–2025; updated 27 October 2026.

If you walk the whole route in April, expect around 6.9 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 2 of 12 for fewest warnings.

6.9

warning days

in 38 stages, on average

18%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 30%

0.7

orange or red days

in 38 stages, on average

Rain

the most common warning

in April

Stage by stage in April

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1. Cabo Higuer – Bera12%

2. Bera – Elizondo11%

3. Elizondo – Puerto de Urkiaga11%

4. Puerto de Urkiaga – Burguete17%

5. Burguete – Villanueva de Aezkoa12%

6. Villanueva de Aezkoa – Ochagavía12%

7. Ochagavía – Isaba12%

8. Isaba – Zuriza12%

9. Zuriza – La Mina22%

10. La Mina – Candanchú21%

11. Candanchú – Sallent de Gállego21%

12. Sallent de Gállego – Balneario de Panticosa21%

13. Balneario de Panticosa – San Nicolás de Bujaruelo21%

14. San Nicolás de Bujaruelo – Refugio de Góriz21%

15. Refugio de Góriz – Pineta21%

16. Pineta – Parzán21%

17. Parzán – Viadós21%

18. Viadós – Benasque21%

19. Benasque – Refugio de Conangles24%

20. Refugio de Conangles – Refugio de la Restanca17%

21. Refugio de la Restanca – Refugio de Colomers17%

22. Refugio de Colomers – Espot24%

23. Espot – Estaon19%

24. Estaon – Tavascan19%

25. Tavascan – Àreu19%

26. Àreu – Refugi de Vallferrera19%

27. Refugi de Vallferrera – Refugi de Malniu (por Andorra)24%

28. Refugi de Malniu – Puigcerdà18%

29. Puigcerdà – Planoles18%

30. Planoles – Núria18%

31. Núria – Setcases18%

32. Setcases – Beget18%

33. Beget – Sant Aniol d'Aguja18%

34. Sant Aniol d'Aguja – Albanyà18%

35. Albanyà – La Jonquera18%

36. La Jonquera – Llançà25%

37. Llançà – El Port de la Selva12%

38. El Port de la Selva – Cap de Creus12%

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

Rain3.4

Storms2.2

Snow2.0

Wind1.8

Cold0.7

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
Navarre	0.9 over 7 stages	wind and rain
Aragon	2.2 over 11 stages	rain and snow
Lleida	1.6 over 8 stages	rain and snow
Girona	2.2 over 12 stages	rain and storms

The worst April days on the GR 11

orange1 April 2022: orange warning on 38 of 38 stages, for wind and snow · the episode
orange2 April 2022: orange warning on 36 of 38 stages, for wind, cold and snow · the episode
orange2 April 2023: orange warning on 28 of 38 stages, for wind and snow
orange15 April 2023: orange warning on 26 of 38 stages, for wind
orange25 April 2019: orange warning on 11 of 38 stages, for rain and wind
orange24 April 2019: orange warning on 4 of 38 stages, for wind
orange1 April 2023: orange warning on 4 of 38 stages, for snow
orange21 April 2020: orange warning on 3 of 38 stages, for rain

Frequently asked questions

Is April a good month to walk the GR 11?

By warnings, April is number 2 of 12 for calm: on average, 6.9 warning days walking the 38 stages. The section with the most warnings in April is Aragon; the fewest, Navarre.

Which warnings are there on the GR 11 in April?

Mostly for rain and storms. Orange or red shows up on 0.7 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.