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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May, Sep–Oct · highs 17–24 °C (63–75 °F)
- J3°-11°25
- F5°-8°27
- M9°-4°34
- A14°-1°31
- M21°4°31
- J27°9°17
- J30°13°26
- A28°12°31
- S24°8°41
- O17°2°43
- N9°-4°33
- D3°-11°30
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
- 3.5 km · 2.2 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- Bureau of Land Management
- Data from
- Bureau of Land Management
- Mountain range
- West Elk Mountains (Southern Rocky Mountains › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 14 km SW of Hotchkiss (Delta County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 38.7015, -107.8250
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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