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Upper Black Canyon Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 15–20 °C (59–68 °F)
- J-3°-13°27
- F-2°-13°31
- M1°-11°56
- A5°-7°74
- M11°-2°81
- J17°3°64
- J20°7°83
- A19°6°76
- S15°2°58
- O9°-3°44
- N1°-10°36
- D-3°-14°33
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
- 7.5 km · 4.7 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain range
- Front Range (Southern Rocky Mountains › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 8.3 km NW of Estes Park (Larimer County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Connects to
- Black Canyon / Cow Creek Connector Trail, Lower Black Canyon Trail, Lower Lawn Lake Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 40.4292, -105.5925
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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2.2 mi · 3.5 km · Rocky Mountain National Park
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2.2 mi · 3.6 km · Rocky Mountain National Park
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Lower Black Canyon Trail
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