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Backbone Trail - Upper Solstice Canyon
On Castro Peak, Santa Monica Mountains
Next nearby hike: Castro Motorway 0.5 mi · 0.8 kmExplore Castro Peak →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
- J15°6°112
- F15°6°127
- M16°7°75
- A17°9°33
- M20°12°9
- J23°15°2
- J25°18°1
- A26°18°1
- S24°16°6
- O21°13°22
- N18°9°52
- D15°6°77
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
- 4.3 km · 2.7 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain
- Castro Peak (mountain, 855 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Santa Monica Mountains (Transverse Ranges › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 6.1 km N of Malibu (Los Angeles County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 34.0809, -118.7805
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreCastro Motorway
0.5 mi · 0.8 km · Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Bulldog Motorway
1.5 mi · 2.4 km · Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Dume Canyon Motorway
1.8 mi · 3.0 km · Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Deer Valley Loop Trail
2.5 mi · 4.0 km · Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Rising Sun Trail
3.2 mi · 5.1 km · Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Zuma Canyon Trail
3.3 mi · 5.3 km · Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
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