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Shay Mountain Trail (098)
On Shay Mountain, Abajo Mountains
Next nearby hike: West Shay (435) 1.3 mi · 2.1 kmExplore Shay Mountain →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Jun, Aug–Oct · highs 15–27 °C (59–81 °F)
- J1°-9°30
- F3°-7°27
- M8°-4°30
- A13°0°26
- M20°6°23
- J26°11°16
- J28°15°38
- A27°14°47
- S22°9°43
- O15°3°42
- N7°-3°29
- D1°-8°26
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
- 7.9 km · 4.9 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Shay Mountain (mountain, 3,040 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Abajo Mountains (Colorado Plateau › Intermountain West; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 21 km NW of Monticello (San Juan County, Utah) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Manti-La Sal National Forest
- Best months
- May–Jun, Aug–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Utah
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 37.9378, -109.5578
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 centreWest Shay (435)
1.3 mi · 2.1 km · Manti-La Sal National Forest
West Shay Mine (437)
1.6 mi · 2.5 km · Manti-La Sal National Forest
Shay Mesa
2.3 mi · 3.7 km · Utah
Lower Indian Creek
2.6 mi · 4.2 km · Manti-La Sal National Forest
Hop Creek
2.8 mi · 4.5 km · Manti-La Sal National Forest
N. Cottonwood Rim
3.3 mi · 5.4 km · Manti-La Sal National Forest
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