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Hale Canyon route map
Difficulty: DifficultOut and Back
New Mexico

Hale Canyon

Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico

8.6 mi

Distance

1,585 ft

Elev. Gain

3h 33m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Hale Canyon unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

We have no current condition data for this trail. Check with the operator before you go, and submit a report below if you've been recently.

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Elevation Profile

Min:1,960 ft
Max:2,266 ft
Gain:483 ft
Loss:483 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 1,960 ft and 2,266 ft across 8.6 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.1,960 ft2,062 ft2,164 ft2,266 ft0.0 mi2.1 mi4.3 mi6.4 mi8.6 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi1,960 ft
High point3.2 mi2,266 ft
End8.6 mi1,960 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Ruidoso Downs, NM · in or next to town
County:
Lincoln County, NM

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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