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GWT - 157 - Middle Fork Trail

Local route65 km · 40 miBest Mar–May, Aug–Nov

Next nearby hike: Little Bear 0.7 mi · 1.1 kmExplore Gila National Forest →

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Best time to hike

Best months: Mar–May, Aug–Nov · highs 15–26 °C (59–79 °F)

  1. J10°-2°25
  2. F11°-1°23
  3. M15°1°20
  4. A19°4°12
  5. M24°9°14
  6. J28°13°18
  7. J28°15°79
  8. A26°14°87
  9. S25°12°50
  10. O20°7°33
  11. N15°2°22
  12. D10°-2°32

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
65 km · 40 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Nearest town
48 km NW of Mimbres (Grant County, New Mexico) · GeoNames
Park or forest
Gila National Forest
Part of
Gila Wilderness Trails (regional route)
Best months
Mar–May, Aug–Nov
Country
United States of America
Region
New Mexico
Continent
North America
Route type
Local route
Ref
157
Route centre
33.3207, -108.4019
Route start
33.2258, -108.2411
OpenStreetMap
relation 10672157
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.

Nearest trails

distance from the trail start

Little Bear

0.7 mi · 1.1 km · Gila National Forest

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0.8 mi · 1.3 km · Gila National Forest

White Rocks

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GWT - 163 - EE Trail

2.9 mi · 4.7 km · Gila National Forest

Ee Canyon

3.7 mi · 5.9 km · Gila National Forest

GWT - 027

4.1 mi · 6.7 km · Gila National Forest

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