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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)
- J3°-11°17
- F4°-10°20
- M7°-8°41
- A12°-4°44
- M17°2°60
- J22°7°60
- J24°10°86
- A23°9°95
- S20°5°50
- O14°-1°37
- N7°-7°25
- D2°-11°20
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
- 2.9 km · 1.8 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- Nearest town
- 7.6 km SE of Trinidad (Las Animas County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Osita Ridge Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 37.1076, -104.4629
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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