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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 15–27 °C (59–81 °F)
- J4°-10°21
- F5°-8°20
- M9°-4°28
- A15°0°27
- M20°6°32
- J25°10°28
- J27°13°58
- A25°12°61
- S22°9°36
- O16°3°31
- N9°-3°22
- D4°-8°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
- Length
- 16 km · 10 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- Bureau of Land Management
- Data from
- Bureau of Land Management
- Mountain range
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Southern Rocky Mountains › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 9.4 km SW of Ranchos de Taos (Taos County, New Mexico) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Anthony S. Armijo Trail, La Gijosa Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New Mexico
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 36.3265, -105.7217
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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