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| | Snowshed Trail is a long trip away from Sierra Vista-Douglas, but it's one of those sites where backpacking is splendid. Put on your backpacking shoes, and hit the backpacking and hiking trail, Snowshed Trail in Cochise County, Arizona is the great outdoors at its best. Each one of the many wilderness trails of Arizona is worth backpacking. Backcountry hiking here in Arizona is a must. Not much rainfall falls here at Snowshed Trail; through the month of July you get the most rain around here, and the driest of the months is May. Snowshed Trail has a total |
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elevation difference of 4,141 feet, and that is higher than average. Summertime at Snowshed Trail arrives with high temperatures in the 80's, and the nighttime is rather cooler of course, commonly in the 60's. Through the winter highs are commonly in the 50's with winter lows in
| | the 20's overnight here at Snowshed Trail. Backcountry backpacking here in Arizona is a great way to spend some time. This is one of many trails in the surrounding vicinity. This is a great outdoors hiking trail that is quite long, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in place. Now, this is roughly a 2-day hike, so make sure you've got all your overnight gear packed. Sometimes this great outdoors hiking trail gets really dry, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions | |
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with local forest authorities before you head out. This great outdoors trail is a very long great outdoors trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes this a very tough trail for advanced backcountry walkers looking for a splendid challenge. There is only one
trailhead, so in and out is the way to backcountry walk it normally. With its 14.6 miles of walking distance; it's longer than many hiking trails. Arizona has plenty of nice wilderness trails; Snowshed Trail in Cochise County is one of them. Different parts of this hiking trail
are at very different elevations, and that means that some parts of the hiking trail could be very different from other parts of it.
Briefly about the general area:
While you're here at Snowshed Trail it's a good idea to have a look at Long Park; camping at Upper Pinery
Canyon Campground is always a good experience. A brilliant forest near Snowshed Trail is Douglas Ranger District.
If you came to camp Rustler Park Campground is a tremendous place to do that, and South Fork Cave Creek is close to Snowshed Trail and is always a joy to have a
look at. It's always great to stop by Burro Spring, and why not take a little tour to Onion Creek while you're here. Near Snowshed Trail you find brilliant sites like Horseshoe Pass, and don't leave Snowshed Trail without first paying a visit to Log Spring.
Not sufficient hours
in a day to enjoy this location. You ought to absolutely dedicate some time to Flys Park if you're here at Snowshed Trail, and a journey to Fort Bowie National Historic Site is recommended.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 31.8816, Longitude -109.1968
- - Directions and Road Map
Total in and out hiking length = 14.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 6.1 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
2 days
Fast Hiking Pace:
8.5 hours
Total elevation difference: 4141 feet
Lordsburg Days Inn And Suites, Lordsburg
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45 miles away
The Days Inn & Suites Lordsburg, New Mexico is located off Interstate Highway 10 at exit number 20 between El Paso, Texas and Tucson, Arizona. This interior hotel has a southwestern Santa Fe style de...
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Lordsburg Super 8 Motel, Lordsburg
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45 miles away
Lordsburg has been the perfect stop along the route throughout the birth of the Old West. It continues to play an important role as a community as well as a launching point to destinations in the New...
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Outdoors Recreation Near Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona
Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona, the metro area neareast to Snowshed Trail. Find info on campgrounds, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater and more.
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Current weather conditions at Snowshed Trail, Cochise County, Arizona
Local climate location: CHIRICAHUA NATL MON 8 miles away
        
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Holiday Inn Express Lordsburg, New Mexico, Lordsburg
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45 miles away
The Holiday Inn Express Lordsburg Hotel features 40 guest rooms. Each room has coffee makers, ironing boards and irons, wall mounted hair dryers, 2 queen beds, am/fm clock radios, data ports and 2 li...
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Econo Lodge Lordsburg, Lordsburg
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45 miles away
The Lordsburg Museum and Shakespeare Ghost Town are both located within 3 miles of the Econo Lodge. The Fourth of July celebrations, the Hidalgo County Fair/last week of August, the Light Parade /fir...
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Basin Trail Two Hundred Fortyseven, Cochise
County
, 1 miles away, 4.8 hiking miles, 2400 feet elevation difference |
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South Fork Canyon Trail Two Hundred Fortythree, Cochise
County
, 2 miles away, 3.6 hiking miles, 2233 feet elevation difference |
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Crest Trail Two Hundred Seventy, Cochise
County
, 4 miles away, 3.4 hiking miles, 263 feet elevation difference |
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Price Canyon Trail Two Hundred Twentyfour, Cochise
County
, 5 miles away, 2.2 hiking miles, 1067 feet elevation difference |
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Rucker Raspberry Ridge Trail Two Hundred Twentyeight, Cochise
County
, 5 miles away, 7.8 hiking miles, 3647 feet elevation difference |
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Rucker Canyon Trail Two Hundred Twentytwo, Cochise
County
, 5 miles away, 2.8 hiking miles, 1141 feet elevation difference |
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Saulsbury Canyon Trail Two Hundred Sixtythree, Cochise
County
, 6 miles away, 7.8 hiking miles, 3246 feet elevation difference |
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Lordsburg Days Inn And Suites, Lordsburg
, 45 miles away |
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Lordsburg Super 8 Motel, Lordsburg
, 45 miles away |
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Holiday Inn Express Lordsburg, New Mexico, Lordsburg
, 45 miles away |
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Econo Lodge Lordsburg, Lordsburg
, 45 miles away |
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Best Western Western Skies Inn, Lordsburg
, 45 miles away |
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