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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–May, Aug–Oct · highs 18–26 °C (64–79 °F)
- J7°-5°20
- F10°-4°15
- M14°-1°18
- A19°2°17
- M23°8°24
- J28°12°27
- J27°15°84
- A26°14°96
- S23°10°61
- O18°5°42
- N12°-1°21
- D7°-5°25
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
- 7.4 km · 4.6 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Magdalena Mountains (Intermountain West › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 20 km SE of Magdalena (Socorro County, New Mexico) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Cibola National Forest
- Best months
- Apr–May, Aug–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New Mexico
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- United States Forest Service
- Route centre
- 33.9993, -107.1168
- Route start
- 33.9799, -107.0991
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 18871025
- Official info
- fs.usda.gov/recarea/cibola/recreation/recarea/?r
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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