Horseshoe Basin other trails nearby (tap a dot to open it)
Get directions · Google MapsApple Maps
USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain) · OpenStreetMap · Basemap: OpenFreeMap (OpenMapTiles, © OSM contributors).
7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jul–Aug · highs 14–16 °C (57–61 °F)
- J-8°-20°67
- F-7°-19°70
- M-4°-16°112
- A-1°-13°132
- M5°-8°119
- J12°-3°94
- J16°2°137
- A14°1°144
- S10°-3°90
- O3°-10°78
- N-4°-17°82
- D-9°-20°78
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
- 2.4 km · 1.5 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
- Central Front Range (Front Range › Southern Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 13 km SW of Georgetown (Clear Creek County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- White River National Forest
- Best months
- Jul–Aug
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 39.6263, -105.8039
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.
More trails in the Central Front Range
All 341 →Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreGrays Peak
0.9 mi · 1.5 km · White River National Forest
Argentine Pass Trail
1.2 mi · 1.9 km · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests
Shelf Lake
3.0 mi · 4.9 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Silver Dollar Lake
3.0 mi · 4.9 km · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests
Morgan Gulch
3.5 mi · 5.7 km · White River National Forest
Lenawee
3.6 mi · 5.8 km · White River National Forest
All trails in Colorado → · All 36,834 trails in United States of America →