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Bear Peak West Ridge Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 16–24 °C (61–75 °F)
- J1°-12°18
- F2°-11°24
- M6°-8°52
- A10°-4°72
- M16°1°72
- J21°6°55
- J24°10°55
- A23°9°54
- S19°5°50
- O13°-1°41
- N6°-7°27
- D0°-12°26
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
- Length
- 3.0 km · 1.9 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- Mountain
- Bear Peak (mountain, 2,578 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Indian Peaks (Front Range › Southern Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 3.5 km NW of Eldorado Springs (Boulder County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Green Bear Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 39.9602, -105.2954
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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