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Upper North Mesa Equestrian Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 17–22 °C (63–72 °F)
- J-1°-12°55
- F1°-11°60
- M4°-8°63
- A8°-4°67
- M12°-1°60
- J19°3°37
- J22°6°61
- A21°6°59
- S17°3°68
- O11°-2°62
- N4°-10°58
- D-1°-13°68
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
- 4.3 km · 2.7 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- Mountain range
- Elk Mountains (Southern Rocky Mountains › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 3.3 km N of Snowmass Village (Pitkin County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Seven Star Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 39.2428, -106.9256
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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