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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 14–20 °C (57–68 °F)
- J-5°-15°36
- F-4°-14°39
- M0°-12°63
- A4°-8°78
- M9°-4°81
- J16°2°68
- J20°5°83
- A19°5°78
- S14°1°65
- O7°-5°53
- N-1°-12°47
- D-5°-16°43
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
About 3.5 km (2.2 mi) long, Blue Lake Trail is a local hiking route in Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, Colorado, United States of America. It is in the Medicine Bow Mountains. It lies about 38 km southeast of Walden.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 3.5 km · 2.2 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Medicine Bow Mountains (Southern Rocky Mountains › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 38 km SE of Walden (Jackson County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 40.5899, -105.8611
- Route start
- 40.6003, -105.8694
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 7328611
- Official info
- outdoor.rocks/
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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