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Grand Enchantment Trail Alternative 33A
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb–Apr, Oct–Nov · highs 15–24 °C (59–75 °F)
- J12°-1°12
- F15°1°9
- M19°4°12
- A24°8°10
- M29°13°14
- J33°18°15
- J33°21°44
- A32°20°50
- S29°16°34
- O23°10°26
- N17°3°12
- D11°-1°16
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.
About this trail
About 25 km (15 mi) long, Grand Enchantment Trail Alternative 33A is a local hiking route in New Mexico, United States of America. It lies about 18 km north of Socorro. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Feb–Apr, Oct–Nov.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 25 km · 15 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 18 km N of Socorro (Socorro County, New Mexico) · GeoNames
- Part of
- Grand Enchantment Trail (super) (local route)
- Best months
- Feb–Apr, Oct–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New Mexico
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- From / to
- Rio Grande near Chaparral Loop → Old Stapleton Ranch
- Route centre
- 34.1688, -106.8408
- Route start
- 34.2167, -106.8929
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 18871013
- Official info
- simblissity.net/get/
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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