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Colorado Trail Seg. 13 North Cottonwood Creek Road to Chalk Creek Trailhead
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 18–22 °C (64–72 °F)
- J0°-15°17
- F1°-14°20
- M5°-10°31
- A8°-6°35
- M14°-1°36
- J19°3°30
- J22°6°55
- A21°6°62
- S18°3°35
- O12°-2°30
- N4°-10°20
- D0°-15°22
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 37 km (23 mi) long, Colorado Trail Seg. 13 North Cottonwood Creek Road to Chalk Creek Trailhead is a local hiking route in Pike and San Isabel National Forests, Colorado, United States of America. It is in the Sawatch Range. It lies about 15 km southwest of Buena Vista.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 37 km · 23 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Sawatch Range (Southern Rocky Mountains › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 15 km SW of Buena Vista (Chaffee County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Pike and San Isabel National Forests
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 38.7913, -106.2198
- Route start
- 38.7168, -106.1999
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 2514528
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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