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Horsethief Trial
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 15–20 °C (59–68 °F)
- J-2°-13°41
- F-1°-12°45
- M2°-9°63
- A6°-6°56
- M11°-2°53
- J17°2°37
- J20°6°77
- A19°5°85
- S15°2°73
- O9°-3°62
- N2°-11°55
- D-2°-14°47
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
- Mapped length
- 23 km · 14 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 3.9 km N of Ouray (Ouray County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- National route
- Ref
- 215
- Operator (OSM)
- USFS Ouray Ranger District
- Route centre
- 38.0172, -107.6265
- Route start
- 38.0573, -107.6662
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 18142191
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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