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Cold Brook Canyon Trail
On Fossil Ridge
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct · highs 14–24 °C (57–75 °F)
- J3°-8°10
- F4°-8°16
- M9°-4°30
- A14°0°54
- M19°6°98
- J24°11°87
- J29°15°75
- A28°15°56
- S23°10°42
- O15°3°37
- N7°-3°17
- D2°-8°12
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
- 2.3 km · 1.4 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain
- Fossil Ridge (mountain, 1,350 m; GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 13 km N of Hot Springs (Fall River County, South Dakota) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Black Hills National Forest
- Best months
- Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- South Dakota
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 43.5381, -103.5223
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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