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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
- J13°6°164
- F14°7°153
- M15°8°126
- A17°8°57
- M19°10°23
- J22°12°6
- J24°14°1
- A24°14°2
- S24°14°7
- O21°12°43
- N16°9°105
- D13°7°158
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
- 4.2 km · 2.6 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- California Department of Parks and Recreation
- Mountain range
- Santa Cruz Mountains (Southern California Coast Ranges › California Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 8.1 km SE of La Honda (San Mateo County, California) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Slate Creek Trl (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 37.2771, -122.1987
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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