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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Jun, Aug–Oct · highs 14–26 °C (57–79 °F)
- J0°-10°21
- F2°-8°22
- M6°-5°32
- A12°-1°34
- M18°5°35
- J25°10°21
- J27°14°41
- A26°13°51
- S21°8°48
- O14°2°43
- N6°-4°28
- D0°-10°23
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
- 5.1 km · 3.2 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain range
- Uncompahgre Plateau (Colorado Plateau › Intermountain West; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 37 km S of Redlands (Mesa County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- GILL (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Jun, Aug–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 38.7584, -108.7329
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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