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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 13–27 °C (55–81 °F)
- J8°-3°20
- F11°-2°21
- M14°0°24
- A19°4°22
- M23°9°34
- J27°12°41
- J26°14°96
- A25°13°98
- S23°10°64
- O19°6°39
- N13°1°16
- D8°-3°23
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
- 9.0 km · 5.6 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Capitan Mountains (Intermountain West › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 23 km E of Capitan (Lincoln County, New Mexico) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Lincoln National Forest
- Best months
- Mar–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New Mexico
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- T61
- Route centre
- 33.5678, -105.3167
- Route start
- 33.5419, -105.3286
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 13221405
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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