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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 16–21 °C (61–70 °F)
- J-3°-16°65
- F-2°-14°65
- M2°-11°61
- A6°-7°60
- M11°-3°56
- J18°2°40
- J21°6°74
- A20°5°80
- S16°1°79
- O9°-4°64
- N2°-13°62
- D-3°-17°73
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
- 14 km · 8 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
- West Elk Mountains (Southern Rocky Mountains › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 19 km S of Crested Butte (Gunnison County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
- Connects to
- Costo Lake, Mill Castle (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 38.7141, -107.0633
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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Mill Castle
5.1 mi · 8.1 km · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
Little Pass Creek
5.3 mi · 8.5 km · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
Costo Lake
6 mi · 10 km · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
April Gulch
7 mi · 10 km · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
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