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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 15–23 °C (59–73 °F)
- J-9°-18°71
- F-7°-17°64
- M-3°-13°74
- A3°-9°92
- M10°-4°105
- J18°2°76
- J23°7°74
- A21°6°69
- S15°1°93
- O7°-6°109
- N-3°-14°84
- D-9°-19°77
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
- 12 km · 7 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Black Mountain (mountain, 3,299 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Elkhead Mountains (Park Range › Southern Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 33 km NE of Craig (Moffat County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
- Connects to
- Fortification Creek (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 40.7848, -107.3999
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreSherman-Freeman
1.8 mi · 3.0 km · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
Fortification Creek
2.0 mi · 3.3 km · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
Sawmill
7 mi · 11 km · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
Bears Ears
7 mi · 12 km · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
North Fork Elkhead
8 mi · 14 km · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
Grizzly Park
9 mi · 15 km · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
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