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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 13–23 °C (55–73 °F)
- J1°-10°19
- F4°-9°20
- M8°-6°27
- A13°-2°24
- M18°3°29
- J23°8°32
- J23°10°86
- A21°9°93
- S19°6°58
- O13°0°47
- N6°-6°24
- D0°-10°28
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
- 31 km · 19 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Manzano Mountains (Intermountain West › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 20 km NW of Mountainair (Torrance County, New Mexico) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Cibola National Forest
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New Mexico
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- MCT
- Operator (OSM)
- United States Forest Service
- Route centre
- 34.6958, -106.4242
- Route start
- 34.5910, -106.4468
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 18876827
- Official info
- fs.usda.gov/recarea/cibola/recreation/recarea/?r
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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