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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–May, Oct–Nov · highs 14–25 °C (57–77 °F)
- J8°-4°40
- F10°-2°41
- M14°0°39
- A19°4°25
- M25°10°14
- J30°15°9
- J32°18°40
- A31°18°54
- S27°14°32
- O21°7°34
- N14°1°26
- D8°-3°37
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
- 23 km · 14 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 26 km NW of Grand Canyon Village (Coconino County, Arizona) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Best months
- Mar–May, Oct–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Arizona
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- RAR
- Operator (OSM)
- United States National Park Service
- Route centre
- 36.1881, -112.4171
- Route start
- 36.1928, -112.3740
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 2838517
- Wikidata
- Q7373681
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.