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Harvard Columbia Scramble
Next nearby hike: Mt. Harvard/Horn Fork 0.0 mi · 0.0 kmExplore Sawatch Range →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
No month meets all three rules below at this spot.
- J-10°-24°53
- F-9°-23°60
- M-5°-19°82
- A-2°-15°90
- M4°-10°86
- J11°-4°70
- J15°0°135
- A14°-1°141
- S9°-5°87
- O2°-12°69
- N-6°-20°58
- D-10°-24°63
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
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain range
- Sawatch Range (Southern Rocky Mountains › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 19 km NW of Buena Vista (Chaffee County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Pike and San Isabel National Forests
- Connects to
- Mt. Harvard/Horn Fork (at its start or end)
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 38.9244, -106.3207
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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