Is it too cold to start 1st camino on christmas day?

[Ali Pérez]

I am wanting to do a ten day walk part of the Camino stsrting on Christmas....how are the conditions? Any and all suggestions are more than welcomed!!!! Thank you

 

[karenfromcali]

Hi! Welcome to the forum! There is a lot of great info here and knowledgeable pilgrims for you to glean info from. What a wonderful day to start a pilgrimage! It would help to know where you plan on starting from as the weather can vary extremely it seems. I will begin my first camino from St Jean in March which I am told will be very cold with snow/rain most likely. So if you can leave us a little more info you will have plenty of people to give you suggestions!
Buen Camino

 

[Mark M]

From what I have read - you can have a choice of weather to a degree. Pyrenee chill to warmer weather away from the hills. But I guess its still winter. Enjoy. It will be wonderful.

 

[ivar]

I am wanting to do a ten day walk part of the Camino stsrting on Christmas....how are the conditions? Any and all suggestions are more than welcomed!!!! Thank you

Welcome!

In norway we have this expression: There is no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothes...

Have a look here for some earlier conversations on winter/christmas caminos:
https://www.google.com/search?q=chr...s+camino+site:www.caminodesantiago.me&spell=1

Buen Camino!
Ivar

 

[Magnara]

I am wanting to do a ten day walk part of the Camino stsrting on Christmas....how are the conditions? Any and all suggestions are more than welcomed!!!! Thank you

Hi
We walked starting a couple of days after Christmas. It was very cold, although that winter was not particularly cold for Europe. You must prepare well with good claothing, and (if you are a woman) be aware that the walk is very isolated at that time - long periods of walking alone through empty countryside. No pilgrims to link up with. However, we loved it! And followed it up with a cold weather late autumn pilgrimage to Rome a couple of years later! There is a lot of information about winter walking on the forum, it would be smart to hunt around the forum threads and benefit from people's experience; if you don't do it right the weather could be quite miserable and potentially dangerous. If you would like my winter walking pack list and some hints, send me a PM.
Maggie Ramsay
The Italian Camino (Amazon)