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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 18–23 °C (64–73 °F)
- J0°-14°20
- F1°-13°21
- M4°-10°50
- A8°-6°74
- M14°0°82
- J20°5°74
- J23°9°123
- A21°8°132
- S18°4°52
- O12°-2°37
- N4°-9°23
- D-1°-14°23
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
- 5.7 km · 3.5 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
- Rampart Range (Front Range › Southern Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 6.7 km W of Manitou Springs (El Paso County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Pike and San Isabel National Forests
- Connects to
- BARR (National Recreation Trail) (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 38.8743, -104.9924
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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