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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May, Sep–Oct · highs 18–24 °C (64–75 °F)
- J4°-10°13
- F5°-8°15
- M10°-4°20
- A15°0°21
- M22°5°24
- J28°10°16
- J30°14°32
- A28°13°38
- S24°9°38
- O18°3°33
- N9°-3°20
- D3°-9°16
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
- 14 km · 9 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- Bureau of Land Management
- Data from
- Bureau of Land Management
- Mountain range
- Uncompahgre Plateau (Colorado Plateau › Intermountain West; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 20 km W of Olathe (Montrose County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 38.5948, -108.2083
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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