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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–May, Oct–Nov · highs 11–25 °C (52–77 °F)
- J5°-5°21
- F8°-3°16
- M14°1°19
- A19°5°12
- M25°11°12
- J30°16°7
- J33°20°14
- A32°19°21
- S27°14°22
- O20°7°29
- N11°1°15
- D5°-4°15
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
- 14 km · 8 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain range
- Colorado Plateau (Intermountain West › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 54 km E of Escalante (Garfield County, Utah) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Capitol Reef National Park
- Connects to
- Grand Gulch Route, Lower Muley Cutoff (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Mar–May, Oct–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Utah
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 37.7688, -110.9886
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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