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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 17–26 °C (63–79 °F)
- J5°-6°23
- F8°-4°21
- M12°-2°25
- A17°2°23
- M22°7°27
- J26°12°34
- J25°13°87
- A24°12°83
- S22°9°43
- O17°4°37
- N10°-1°17
- D5°-5°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
- Length
- 4.1 km · 2.5 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Nearest town
- 29 km NE of Carrizozo (Lincoln County, New Mexico) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Lincoln National Forest
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New Mexico
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 33.8431, -105.6734
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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