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Mills Canyon

Trail8.2 km · 5.1 miBest Apr–Oct

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Best time to hike

Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 16–25 °C (61–77 °F)

  1. J5°-6°30
  2. F8°-4°26
  3. M11°-2°26
  4. A16°2°25
  5. M21°7°30
  6. J25°11°40
  7. J25°12°122
  8. A23°11°114
  9. S21°9°57
  10. O16°4°38
  11. N10°-2°19
  12. D5°-6°33

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
8.2 km · 5.1 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
11 km N of Ruidoso (Lincoln County, New Mexico) · GeoNames
Park or forest
Lincoln National Forest
Best months
Apr–Oct
Country
United States of America
Region
New Mexico
Continent
North America
Route centre
33.4310, -105.7014
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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