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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–May, Oct–Nov · highs 14–25 °C (57–77 °F)
- J9°-4°10
- F11°-3°11
- M15°1°27
- A20°5°39
- M25°10°47
- J31°16°39
- J33°19°54
- A31°18°51
- S28°14°26
- O22°7°26
- N14°1°16
- D8°-4°12
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
- 8.9 km · 5.5 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Nearest town
- 43 km SW of Swink (Otero County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Pike and San Isabel National Forests
- Connects to
- Sfnht Alt. Route B (National Historic Trail: Santa Fe) (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Mar–May, Oct–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 37.6857, -103.8808
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
distance from the trail centreSfnht Alt. Route B
1.7 mi · 2.8 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Santa Fe Nat Hist
2.3 mi · 3.7 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Sfnht Alt. Route D
12 mi · 19 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Picket Wire Canyonlands
18 mi · 28 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Prairie
20 mi · 32 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Big Loop Trail
35 mi · 56 km · Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
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