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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–May · highs 14–23 °C (57–73 °F)
- J14°2°72
- F14°3°88
- M16°5°55
- A19°7°24
- M23°11°6
- J28°15°2
- J31°18°2
- A31°18°2
- S28°16°6
- O23°11°17
- N18°6°35
- D14°2°53
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
- 2.4 km · 1.5 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain range
- Santa Ana Mountains (Peninsular Ranges › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 11 km E of Trabuco Canyon (Orange County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Cleveland National Forest
- Connects to
- Trabuco Canyon (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Oct–May
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 33.6839, -117.4784
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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