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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 17–24 °C (63–75 °F)
- J0°-14°15
- F2°-12°15
- M6°-8°30
- A11°-4°33
- M17°2°32
- J22°7°25
- J24°10°56
- A23°9°61
- S19°5°36
- O13°0°27
- N5°-7°18
- D0°-13°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
- 16 km · 10 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain range
- Northern Sangre de Cristo Range (Sangre de Cristo Mountains › Southern Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 35 km S of Westcliffe (Custer County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Great Sand Dunes National Park
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 37.8131, -105.5476
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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