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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jul–Aug · highs 15–17 °C (59–63 °F)
- J-7°-18°69
- F-6°-17°78
- M-3°-14°108
- A0°-11°95
- M6°-7°88
- J13°-2°63
- J17°3°134
- A15°2°149
- S11°-2°128
- O4°-8°106
- N-3°-16°90
- D-7°-19°80
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.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 11 km · 7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- North-Central San Juan Mountains (San Juan Mountains › Southern Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 8.4 km E of Ouray (Ouray County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Jul–Aug
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- National route
- Ref
- 241
- Operator (OSM)
- USFS Ouray Ranger District
- Route centre
- 37.9993, -107.6211
- Route start
- 38.0009, -107.5802
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 18142190
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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