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Upper Muley Twist
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–May, Sep–Oct · highs 16–24 °C (61–75 °F)
- J3°-7°24
- F5°-5°20
- M10°-2°24
- A16°2°16
- M21°7°18
- J27°13°12
- J30°16°24
- A28°15°36
- S24°11°32
- O17°5°35
- N9°-1°18
- D3°-6°17
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
- 12 km · 8 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Nearest town
- 49 km E of Escalante (Garfield County, Utah) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Capitol Reef National Park
- Best months
- Apr–May, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Utah
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 37.9207, -111.0713
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.