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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jul–Aug · highs 15–17 °C (59–63 °F)
- J-8°-19°122
- F-7°-18°134
- M-4°-15°130
- A0°-12°134
- M5°-7°112
- J12°-2°66
- J17°2°129
- A15°1°125
- S11°-3°118
- O3°-9°105
- N-4°-17°113
- D-9°-20°148
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 5.8 km (3.6 mi) long, Brush Creek is a trail in Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests, Colorado, United States of America. It is on Crystal Peak in the Elk Mountains. It lies about 16 km northeast of Mount Crested Butte.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length
- 5.8 km · 3.6 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Crystal Peak (mountain, 3,654 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Elk Mountains (Southern Rocky Mountains › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 16 km NE of Mount Crested Butte (Gunnison County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
- Connects to
- Crystal Peak, Doubletop (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jul–Aug
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 38.9708, -106.7927
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 centreCrystal Peak
0.4 mi · 0.6 km · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
Taylor Divide
0.9 mi · 1.4 km · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
Mount Tilton
0.9 mi · 1.5 km · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
Pearl Pass
2.3 mi · 3.6 km · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
Hunters Creek
2.3 mi · 3.7 km · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
Cooper Basin
2.4 mi · 3.9 km · White River National Forest
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