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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–May, Sep–Oct · highs 17–25 °C (63–77 °F)
- J3°-9°19
- F7°-6°19
- M12°-2°26
- A17°3°25
- M23°9°22
- J29°14°14
- J32°18°26
- A30°16°32
- S25°11°33
- O18°4°42
- N10°-2°23
- D3°-7°21
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
- 5.8 km · 3.6 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Data from
- Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center (AGRC)
- Nearest town
- 16 km SW of Moab (Grand County, Utah) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Crossroads, Raven Roll (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Apr–May, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Utah
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 38.5113, -109.7209
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.