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Circuito Descabezado
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Dec–Mar · highs 15–18 °C (59–64 °F)
- J18°4°20
- F18°5°20
- M16°3°41
- A11°0°87
- M5°-4°267
- J1°-6°370
- J0°-8°301
- A1°-7°254
- S3°-6°120
- O6°-3°64
- N10°-1°42
- D15°2°26
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
- Mapped length
- 156 km · 97 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Principal Range (Dry Andes › Southern Andes; GMBA)
- Best months
- Dec–Mar
- Country
- Chile
- Region
- Maule
- Continent
- South America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- -35.7442, -70.6167
- Route start
- -36.0028, -70.5580
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 21100756
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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