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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–May, Aug–Nov · highs 13–26 °C (55–79 °F)
- J9°-3°14
- F12°-1°17
- M16°2°16
- A20°6°18
- M24°11°33
- J28°15°56
- J27°16°82
- A26°15°89
- S23°12°78
- O19°7°36
- N13°2°19
- D9°-3°19
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
- 2.5 km · 1.6 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
- Guadalupe Mountains (Intermountain West › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 59 km SW of Carlsbad (Eddy County, New Mexico) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Lincoln National Forest
- Connects to
- Telephone Ridge (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Mar–May, Aug–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New Mexico
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 32.0929, -104.7257
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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