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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–May, Aug–Oct · highs 17–27 °C (63–81 °F)
- J6°-7°20
- F8°-5°19
- M12°-2°26
- A17°2°24
- M23°7°32
- J28°11°31
- J28°14°66
- A27°13°81
- S24°10°50
- O18°4°43
- N11°-1°21
- D6°-6°27
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
- 3.3 km · 2.1 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Jemez Mountains (Colorado Plateau › Intermountain West; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 3.3 km SW of White Rock (Los Alamos County, New Mexico) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–May, Aug–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New Mexico
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- Los Alamos National Bank
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 35.8071, -106.2333
- Route start
- 35.8018, -106.2227
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 16372909
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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