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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct · highs 17–27 °C (63–81 °F)
- J6°-7°14
- F8°-6°18
- M13°-3°40
- A17°1°56
- M22°7°64
- J27°12°45
- J30°15°41
- A29°15°39
- S25°10°39
- O19°4°35
- N11°-3°20
- D6°-7°21
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
- 17 km · 11 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- Stream
- Coal Creek (GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 3.2 km NE of Lafayette (Boulder County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 39.9823, -105.0928
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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