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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–May, Jul–Nov · highs 13–27 °C (55–81 °F)
- J8°-4°12
- F11°-2°14
- M15°0°12
- A20°5°11
- M24°10°19
- J28°14°33
- J27°15°53
- A26°15°56
- S23°11°49
- O19°6°27
- N13°0°14
- D8°-4°15
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
- 15 km · 9 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain
- El Capitan (mountain, 2,458 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Guadalupe Mountains (Intermountain West › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Park or forest
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park
- Best months
- Mar–May, Jul–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Texas
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 31.8852, -104.8662
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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