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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 15–23 °C (59–73 °F)
- J1°-11°17
- F2°-11°22
- M6°-8°48
- A9°-5°66
- M15°0°60
- J20°5°50
- J23°9°61
- A22°8°62
- S18°5°40
- O12°-1°36
- N5°-7°23
- D1°-11°23
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
- 2.1 km · 1.3 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- Mountain range
- Central Front Range (Front Range › Southern Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 9.1 km E of Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Floyd's Loop (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 39.7231, -105.4108
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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