Yucca Canyon Trail
Yucca Canyon Trail is a 15.4-mile out-and-back foot trail in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico. It climbs 1,851 ft to a high point of 6,701 ft. Difficulty: very strenuous, from the NPS hiking-rating formula.
- 7.7 mione way
- 15.4 miround trip
- 1,851 ftelevation gain
- 6,701 fthigh point
- Very strenuousdifficulty
From the National Park Service
Yucca Canyon Trail
This is a difficult 7.7 mile (12.4 km) trail that climbs quickly up a side canyon to the top of an escarpment.
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