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Lower Black Canyon Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 16–21 °C (61–70 °F)
- J-2°-12°23
- F-1°-12°27
- M3°-10°51
- A6°-6°68
- M12°-1°75
- J18°4°58
- J21°7°76
- A20°7°68
- S16°3°52
- O10°-2°40
- N2°-9°31
- D-2°-13°29
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
- 3.7 km · 2.3 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain range
- Front Range (Southern Rocky Mountains › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 4.2 km NW of Estes Park (Larimer County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Connects to
- Black Canyon / Cow Creek Connector Trail, Upper Black Canyon Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 40.4061, -105.5453
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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1.8 mi · 3.0 km · Rocky Mountain National Park
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