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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–May, Aug–Oct · highs 17–27 °C (63–81 °F)
- J5°-7°23
- F8°-5°22
- M12°-2°34
- A18°2°26
- M23°8°24
- J28°13°28
- J28°15°67
- A27°14°73
- S24°10°44
- O17°4°45
- N10°-2°25
- D4°-7°29
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
- 43 km · 26 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Sandia Mountains (Intermountain West › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 2.2 km SW of Placitas (Sandoval County, New Mexico) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Cibola National Forest
- Connects to
- Crest (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Apr–May, Aug–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New Mexico
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- 130
- Operator (OSM)
- United States Forest Service
- Route centre
- 35.1916, -106.4221
- Route start
- 35.2914, -106.4393
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 3132234
- Official info
- fs.usda.gov/recarea/cibola/recreation/recarea/?r
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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