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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
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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.
About this trail
Skyline To The Sea Trail is a regional hiking route in California, United States of America, about 40 km (25 mi) in length. It is in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It lies about 13 km northwest of Bonny Doon.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 40 km · 25 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Santa Cruz Mountains (Southern California Coast Ranges › California Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Beach group
- California beach trails › Central California beach trails
- Nearest town
- 13 km NW of Bonny Doon (Santa Cruz County, California) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- STTS
- Route centre
- 37.1777, -122.2008
- Route start
- 37.0971, -122.2796
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 1855761
- Wikidata
- Q7537878
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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