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Mount Sherman - Southwest Ridge from Fourmile Creek
On Mount Sherman, Mosquito Range
Next nearby hike: Mount Sherman from Iowa Gulch 1.1 mi · 1.8 kmExplore Mount Sherman →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jul–Aug · highs 16–17 °C (61–63 °F)
- J-7°-20°45
- F-6°-19°50
- M-3°-16°71
- A1°-12°81
- M7°-7°77
- J13°-2°63
- J17°2°123
- A16°1°133
- S11°-3°75
- O4°-9°60
- N-3°-17°52
- D-7°-20°50
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 - Southwest Ridge from Fourmile Creek is a local hiking route of about 3.7 km (2.3 mi) in Pike and San Isabel National Forests, Colorado, United States of America. It is on Mount Sherman in the Mosquito Range. It lies about 12 km southeast of Leadville.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 3.7 km · 2.3 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
- 12 km SE of Leadville (Lake County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Pike and San Isabel National Forests
- Best months
- Jul–Aug
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- From / to
- Four Mile Creek Rd → Mount Sherman
- Route centre
- 39.2161, -106.1716
- Route start
- 39.2071, -106.1655
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17895488
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 startMount Sherman from Iowa Gulch
1.1 mi · 1.8 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Sheep Mtn
3.4 mi · 5.4 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Ore Wagon
3.5 mi · 5.6 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Limber Grove
4.3 mi · 6.8 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Almgren
4.5 mi · 7.2 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Twelvemile Lake
4.5 mi · 7.3 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
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