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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 16–26 °C (61–79 °F)
- J4°-9°25
- F6°-7°22
- M10°-4°30
- A15°-1°25
- M20°5°32
- J26°9°34
- J26°12°71
- A25°11°85
- S22°8°52
- O16°2°45
- N9°-3°23
- D4°-8°30
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
- 2.9 km · 1.8 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain range
- Jemez Mountains (Colorado Plateau › Intermountain West; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 9.5 km SW of Los Alamos (Los Alamos County, New Mexico) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Bandelier National Monument
- Connects to
- Frijoles Rim Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New Mexico
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 35.8151, -106.3613
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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