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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jul–Aug · highs 17–18 °C (63–64 °F)
- J-8°-19°52
- F-7°-18°55
- M-3°-15°87
- A0°-12°110
- M6°-7°113
- J14°0°93
- J18°4°120
- A17°3°120
- S12°-1°87
- O4°-8°68
- N-4°-15°62
- D-8°-19°60
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
- Mapped length
- 22 km · 14 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Flattop Mountain (mountain, 3,757 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Front Range (Southern Rocky Mountains › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 17 km SW of Estes Park (Larimer County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Connects to
- Tonahutu Creek-Flattop Junction (National Scenic Trail: Continental Divide) (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jul–Aug
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Regional route
- Route centre
- 40.2963, -105.7587
- Route start
- 40.3096, -105.6947
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 6747534
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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1.2 mi · 1.9 km · Rocky Mountain National Park
Dream Lake - Lake Haiyaha Trail
1.8 mi · 2.8 km · Rocky Mountain National Park
Emerald Lake Trail
2.0 mi · 3.3 km · Rocky Mountain National Park
The Pool/Odessa Lake
2.2 mi · 3.6 km · Rocky Mountain National Park
Lock/Mills Junction To Andrews/Sky Pond Junction Trail
2.5 mi · 4.0 km · Rocky Mountain National Park
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