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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 15–24 °C (59–75 °F)
- J1°-14°18
- F2°-13°19
- M6°-9°46
- A10°-5°67
- M15°1°67
- J21°6°62
- J24°9°89
- A22°9°96
- S19°5°43
- O13°-1°33
- N5°-8°22
- D0°-14°22
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
- 9.9 km · 6.2 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Mount Herman (mountain, 2,727 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Rampart Range (Front Range › Southern Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 5.4 km SW of Monument (El Paso County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Pike and San Isabel National Forests
- Connects to
- Limbaugh Canyon (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 39.0756, -104.9291
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreLimbaugh Canyon
1.0 mi · 1.6 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Hell Creek Trail
2.7 mi · 4.4 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Palmer Lake Reservoir Trail
3.0 mi · 4.8 km · Colorado
Colorado Front Range Trail
3.2 mi · 5.1 km · Colorado
Hay Creek East Trail
3.2 mi · 5.2 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Hyster
4.2 mi · 6.7 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
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