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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
No month meets all three rules below at this spot.
- J-10°-23°54
- F-9°-22°60
- M-6°-19°83
- A-2°-15°94
- M4°-10°88
- J11°-4°72
- J15°0°140
- A13°-1°151
- S9°-5°87
- O1°-12°69
- N-6°-20°61
- D-10°-23°59
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.
About this trail
Mount Sherman from Iowa Gulch is a local hiking route in Pike and San Isabel National Forests, Colorado, United States of America, about 3.5 km (2.2 mi) in length. It is on Mount Sherman in the Mosquito Range. It lies about 11 km east of Leadville.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 3.5 km · 2.2 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Mount Sherman (mountain, 4,270 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Mosquito Range (Southern Rocky Mountains › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 11 km E of Leadville (Lake County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Pike and San Isabel National Forests
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- From / to
- Iowa Gulch → Mount Sherman
- Route centre
- 39.2202, -106.1777
- Route start
- 39.2251, -106.1701
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17895535
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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Almgren
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Sheep Mnt Interconnect
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