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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 14–25 °C (57–77 °F)
- J14°2°12
- F17°3°15
- M21°6°14
- A25°10°18
- M29°15°36
- J33°19°53
- J32°20°68
- A31°20°70
- S28°17°73
- O24°12°33
- N18°6°17
- D14°2°17
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
- 4.5 km · 2.8 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain range
- Guadalupe Mountains (Intermountain West › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 39 km SW of Livingston Wheeler (Eddy County, New Mexico) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- Best months
- Oct–Apr
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New Mexico
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 32.1606, -104.5102
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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