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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Jun, Aug–Oct · highs 17–26 °C (63–79 °F)
- J5°-8°16
- F7°-7°22
- M10°-4°45
- A14°-1°66
- M19°5°59
- J25°10°47
- J28°13°50
- A26°12°50
- S23°8°39
- O17°3°38
- N10°-3°21
- D5°-8°23
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
- 2.7 km · 1.7 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- Mountain
- Mount Galbraith (mountain, 2,209 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Central Front Range (Front Range › Southern Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 1.6 km NW of Golden (Jefferson County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Cedar Gulch Trail, Mount Galbraith Loop (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Jun, Aug–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 39.7616, -105.2376
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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