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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Nov–Mar · highs 15–23 °C (59–73 °F)
- J15°5°16
- F18°7°22
- M23°11°15
- A28°15°5
- M34°20°3
- J39°25°2
- J42°29°10
- A40°28°13
- S36°24°9
- O29°17°10
- N21°10°10
- D15°6°14
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
- 6.0 km · 3.7 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- Unknown
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Designation
- National Recreation Trail
- Mountain range
- Eldorado Mountains (Great Basin Ranges › Intermountain West; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 9.2 km NE of Boulder City (Clark County, Nevada) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Lake Mead National Recreation Area
- Best months
- Nov–Mar
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Nevada
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 36.0162, -114.7540
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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