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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–May, Sep–Oct · highs 17–25 °C (63–77 °F)
- J3°-8°18
- F6°-6°18
- M11°-2°28
- A17°2°28
- M23°7°30
- J29°13°19
- J32°16°28
- A30°16°37
- S25°11°40
- O18°5°37
- N10°-2°24
- D3°-8°21
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
- 6.2 km · 3.9 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain range
- Uncompahgre Plateau (Colorado Plateau › Intermountain West; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 3.6 km SW of Redlands (Mesa County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Colorado National Monument
- Connects to
- Corkscrew Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Apr–May, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 39.0541, -108.6702
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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