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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Aug · highs 17–21 °C (63–70 °F)
- J-6°-21°25
- F-5°-20°26
- M-1°-16°50
- A4°-11°59
- M10°-5°62
- J17°1°49
- J21°5°97
- A19°4°114
- S14°0°58
- O7°-7°49
- N-1°-15°29
- D-6°-21°29
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
- 3.4 km · 2.1 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Nipple Mountain (mountain, 3,705 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Northern Sangre de Cristo Range (Sangre de Cristo Mountains › Southern Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 20 km S of Howard (Fremont County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Rio Grande National Forest
- Connects to
- Black Canyon (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Aug
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 38.2673, -105.8035
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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Garner
5.1 mi · 8.3 km · Rio Grande National Forest
Hot Springs Trail
5.5 mi · 8.9 km · Colorado
Major
7 mi · 11 km · Rio Grande National Forest
Bushnell Lakes
7 mi · 11 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
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