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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jul–Aug · highs 15–16 °C (59–61 °F)
- J-8°-19°96
- F-7°-18°100
- M-3°-15°116
- A0°-12°120
- M5°-7°100
- J12°-2°69
- J16°2°138
- A15°1°132
- S10°-2°104
- O3°-9°88
- N-4°-17°95
- D-8°-20°108
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
- 5.6 km · 3.5 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Red Mountain (mountain, 4,090 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Sawatch Range (Southern Rocky Mountains › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 31 km SE of Aspen (Pitkin County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Timberline (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jul–Aug
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 38.9968, -106.5619
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
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South Fork Lake Creek
1.6 mi · 2.5 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Peekaboo Gulch
2.0 mi · 3.2 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
North Fork Clear Creek
3.6 mi · 5.9 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Mcnassar Gulch
4.2 mi · 6.7 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
La Plata Peak
5.2 mi · 8.4 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
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