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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–May, Aug–Oct · highs 17–25 °C (63–77 °F)
- J5°-7°19
- F7°-5°17
- M12°-2°21
- A17°1°18
- M22°7°17
- J27°12°16
- J27°14°50
- A25°13°65
- S23°10°34
- O18°4°25
- N11°-2°18
- D5°-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
- Mapped length
- 2.7 km · 1.7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 19 km SW of San Rafael (Cibola County, New Mexico) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- El Malpais National Monument
- Best months
- Apr–May, Aug–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New Mexico
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 34.9642, -108.0086
- Route start
- 34.9698, -108.0032
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 6645193
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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