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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Aug · highs 14–19 °C (57–66 °F)
- J-7°-17°51
- F-6°-16°49
- M-2°-13°67
- A2°-10°82
- M7°-5°83
- J14°0°71
- J19°4°88
- A17°4°92
- S13°-1°73
- O5°-7°61
- N-3°-15°55
- D-8°-18°56
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
- 4.2 km · 2.6 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Mineral Point (mountain, 3,501 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Northern Front Range (Front Range › Southern Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 31 km N of Granby (Grand County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests
- Connects to
- Bowen Gulch (National Scenic Trail: Continental Divide) (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Aug
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 40.3601, -105.9047
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 centreBowen Gulch
1.2 mi · 1.9 km · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests
Baker Gulch
1.7 mi · 2.8 km · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests
Ditch Road
1.9 mi · 3.1 km · Rocky Mountain National Park
Baker Pass
2.6 mi · 4.2 km · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests
Bowen Lake
3.1 mi · 5.0 km · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests
Cascade Mountain
3.1 mi · 5.0 km · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests
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