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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 13–19 °C (55–66 °F)
- J-4°-14°78
- F-3°-13°86
- M0°-11°104
- A3°-7°83
- M8°-4°75
- J15°1°61
- J19°5°139
- A17°5°151
- S13°1°126
- O7°-5°96
- N0°-12°84
- D-4°-15°85
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
- 2.2 km · 1.4 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Sunshine Mesa (mountain, 3,075 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- San Miguel Mountains (San Juan Mountains › Southern Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 11 km SW of Mountain Village (San Miguel County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
- Connects to
- Lizard Head, Wilson Mesa (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 37.8636, -107.9487
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 centreLizard Head
1.9 mi · 3.1 km · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
Wilson Mesa
2.4 mi · 3.8 km · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
Sunshine
3.0 mi · 4.8 km · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
Rock Of Ages
3.0 mi · 4.9 km · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
Cross Mountain
3.2 mi · 5.1 km · San Juan National Forest
Galloping Goose
3.7 mi · 5.9 km · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
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