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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–May, Sep–Oct · highs 19–25 °C (66–77 °F)
- J7°-6°16
- F9°-4°16
- M13°-1°22
- A19°3°20
- M24°8°27
- J29°13°26
- J29°16°53
- A28°15°64
- S25°11°40
- O19°6°36
- N12°0°18
- D7°-5°23
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
- 5.0 km · 3.1 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Santa Fe Mountains (Sangre de Cristo Mountains › Southern Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 6.6 km SE of White Rock (Los Alamos County, New Mexico) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Camino Real (National Historic Trail: El Camino Real De Tierra Adentro) (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Apr–May, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New Mexico
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- Bureau of Land Managment
- Route centre
- 35.8198, -106.1504
- Route start
- 35.8046, -106.1362
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 18934144
- Official info
- blm.gov/visit/diablo-canyon
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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