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Mount Blue Sky Ridge

On Mount Spalding, Central Front Range

Trail3.5 km · 2.2 miBest Jul–Aug

Next nearby hike: Summit Flats 1.1 mi · 1.8 kmExplore Mount Spalding →

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Best time to hike

Best months: Jul–Aug · highs 14–15 °C (57–59 °F)

  1. J-9°-22°54
  2. F-9°-21°57
  3. M-6°-18°106
  4. A-2°-15°130
  5. M4°-9°128
  6. J11°-3°108
  7. J15°1°149
  8. A14°1°157
  9. S9°-4°86
  10. O2°-11°76
  11. N-5°-18°70
  12. D-10°-22°65

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
3.5 km · 2.2 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 Spalding (mountain, 4,222 m; GeoNames)
Mountain range
Central Front Range (Front Range › Southern Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
Nearest town
13 km S of Georgetown (Clear Creek County, Colorado) · GeoNames
Park or forest
Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests
Best months
Jul–Aug
Country
United States of America
Region
Colorado
Continent
North America
Route centre
39.5928, -105.6531
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 centre

Summit Flats

1.1 mi · 1.8 km · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests

Mt. Bierstadt

1.4 mi · 2.2 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests

Chicago Lakes

1.9 mi · 3.1 km · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests

Abyss Lake

2.4 mi · 3.8 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests

Rosalie

3.4 mi · 5.5 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests

Hells Hole

3.5 mi · 5.6 km · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests

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