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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 14–19 °C (57–66 °F)
- J-3°-14°66
- F-2°-12°75
- M1°-10°95
- A4°-7°77
- M9°-3°68
- J16°1°51
- J19°5°105
- A17°5°116
- S14°2°102
- O8°-4°82
- N1°-11°73
- D-3°-14°73
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.
About this trail
Bear Creek Trail is a trail in Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests, Colorado, United States of America, about 3.4 km (2.1 mi) in length. It is in the West-Central San Juan Mountains. It lies about 3.1 km south of Telluride.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length
- 3.4 km · 2.1 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- Mountain range
- West-Central San Juan Mountains (San Juan Mountains › Southern Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 3.1 km S of Telluride (San Miguel County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 37.9122, -107.8102
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.
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