New Mexico · Hiking · Near Santo Domingo Pueblo

Apache Spring Trail

6.0 mi
round trip
1,726 ft
climb
8,673 ft
high point
Out and back
route
May–Jun, Sep
best months

Is Apache Spring Trail open right now?

Alert in the area

The National Park Service lists an alert for Bandelier National Monument.

As of · Source: NPS · Bandelier National Monument. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Apache Spring Trail is a hard hike in the Bandelier Wilderness, inside Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico. It is a 12-mile out-and-back that climbs about 1,700 feet from the trail's low point at 7,019 feet to a high of 8,673 feet, and the National Park Service manages the land. The trail starts in a cluster of routes. The Frijoles Trail, the Ponderosa Trail and the Frijoles Rim Trail all lie about a tenth of a mile away. That makes it easy to pair Apache Spring Trail with a short stretch on one of those. Summer is the most comfortable time to go. A nearby weather station at Los Alamos, at about the same elevation as the high point, typically averages highs in the mid-70s from June through August, with July the warmest and wettest month. Winter there is cold, with typical highs in the mid-30s and lows near 9 degrees. A fee is charged for this hike. Plan for about a day on the trail.

Around this trail

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  • Sleep close

    Ponderosa Reservation Group Campground

    Campground

    Sites open the weekend of Nov 20 on Recreation.gov
  • Eat after

    Sirphey at Bandelier Restaurant

    Fast food

    On your way back · 6 mi
  • If it rainsNewMexicophotographer1, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

    El Rancho de las Golondrinas

    Museum

    Museum · 22 mi from Santo Domingo Pueblo

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  • Best time to go · May–Jun, Sep

    Best time to visit Apache Spring Trail

    Best months: May–June and September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.

    1. Jan

      36° / 9°

      9 wet

    2. Feb

      38° / 12°

      9 wet

    3. Mar

      44° / 20°

      9 wet

    4. Apr

      52° / 25°

      8 wet

    5. May

      62° / 32°

      8 wet

    6. Jun

      72° / 39°

      8 wet

    7. Jul

      74° / 45°

      15 wet

    8. Aug

      71° / 43°

      15 wet

    9. Sep

      66° / 35°

      11 wet

    10. Oct

      57° / 26°

      7 wet

    11. Nov

      45° / 17°

      6 wet

    12. Dec

      36° / 9°

      9 wet

    Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Los Alamos 13 W, NM, 9.5 mi away at 8,716 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

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