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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jul–Aug · highs 14–16 °C (57–61 °F)
- J-7°-18°87
- F-6°-17°100
- M-4°-14°129
- A0°-11°108
- M5°-7°94
- J12°-2°71
- J16°2°150
- A14°2°170
- S10°-2°150
- O3°-8°121
- N-3°-15°102
- D-7°-18°99
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
- 6.8 km · 4.2 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- Bureau of Land Management
- Data from
- Bureau of Land Management
- Nearest town
- 7.1 km NE of Silverton (San Juan County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- South Fork Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jul–Aug
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 37.8693, -107.6283
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.