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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Nov · highs 13–27 °C (55–81 °F)
- J8°-4°28
- F10°-3°26
- M13°-1°22
- A18°3°14
- M23°7°17
- J27°12°24
- J27°13°93
- A25°13°101
- S23°10°58
- O19°6°38
- N13°1°26
- D8°-3°37
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
- 4.8 km · 3.0 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Nearest town
- 37 km N of Mimbres (Grant County, New Mexico) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Gila National Forest
- Best months
- Apr–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New Mexico
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 33.1756, -108.0758
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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LINK
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