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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–May, Oct–Nov · highs 15–25 °C (59–77 °F)
- J11°-3°64
- F12°-2°57
- M15°0°60
- A20°3°20
- M25°9°9
- J30°14°6
- J31°17°50
- A30°17°67
- S28°13°42
- O22°7°40
- N15°1°40
- D11°-3°55
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
- 7.0 km · 4.3 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Designation
- Arizona
- Mountain
- Saddle Mountain (mountain, 1,990 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Mazatzal Mountains (Intermountain West › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 25 km NW of Tonto Basin (Gila County, Arizona) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Tonto National Forest
- Connects to
- Little Saddle (National Scenic Trail: Arizona), Sheep Creek (National Scenic Trail: Arizona) (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Mar–May, Oct–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Arizona
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 33.9600, -111.5074
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreCopper Camp
1.0 mi · 1.7 km · Tonto National Forest
Thicket
1.8 mi · 2.9 km · Tonto National Forest
Sheep Creek
2.1 mi · 3.4 km · Tonto National Forest
Little Saddle
2.5 mi · 4.0 km · Tonto National Forest
Cornucopia
3.0 mi · 4.8 km · Tonto National Forest
Sears
4.3 mi · 6.9 km · Tonto National Forest
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