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66077: Palen Pass
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Nov–Mar · highs 18–24 °C (64–75 °F)
- J18°6°18
- F20°8°19
- M24°10°16
- A29°14°3
- M33°19°2
- J38°23°0
- J40°27°7
- A39°26°16
- S36°23°10
- O30°16°7
- N23°10°7
- D18°6°17
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Length
- 22 km · 14 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- Bureau of Land Management
- Data from
- Bureau of Land Management
- Nearest town
- 44 km NW of Mesa Verde (Riverside County, California) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Nov–Mar
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 33.9196, -115.0187
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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