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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 15–20 °C (59–68 °F)
- J-3°-14°39
- F-2°-13°42
- M1°-10°56
- A6°-6°55
- M13°-1°60
- J19°5°83
- J20°8°170
- A19°7°164
- S15°4°81
- O9°-2°64
- N2°-9°34
- D-3°-14°44
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
- 98 km · 61 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Santa Fe Mountains (Sangre de Cristo Mountains › Southern Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 22 km SE of Truchas (Rio Arriba County, New Mexico) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Santa Fe National Forest
- Connects to
- Rito Perro (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New Mexico
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- SKY
- Operator (OSM)
- United States Forest Service
- Route centre
- 35.7776, -105.6306
- Route start
- 35.8918, -105.6639
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 6311462
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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