Curecanti National Recreation Area
Curecanti National Recreation Area in Colorado has 7 trad routes with 5 difficulty grades.
- 7 routes
- 5.7 – 5.12+
- Trad
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Alert in the area
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Best time to visit Curecanti National Recreation Area
Best months: May–June and August–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
35° / 3°
7 wet
Feb
40° / 10°
7 wet
Mar
51° / 19°
7 wet
Apr
60° / 26°
7 wet
May
70° / 32°
6 wet
Jun
81° / 37°
4 wet
Jul
86° / 45°
6 wet
Aug
83° / 45°
8 wet
Sep
76° / 37°
7 wet
Oct
64° / 26°
6 wet
Nov
49° / 16°
6 wet
Dec
36° / 6°
7 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Cimarron, CO, 5.1 mi away at 6,890 ft. The station sits about 700 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Curecanti National Recreation Area is a Bureau of Land Management unit in western Colorado, within the Gunnison Field Office. The land is managed by the BLM, and it sits alongside the Curecanti National Recreation Area. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from the nearby Cimarron weather station run to highs around 81°F in June and 76°F in September, while winter highs stay near freezing. Curecanti Creek Trail is about 2.5 miles away, and Curecanti Creek campground is about 2.6 miles off. Blue Creek, a canoeing spot, is about 3.1 miles away, and Cimarron Campground is about 5 miles away.
Routes (7)
Curecanti Needle(3)
Pine Creek(1)
Pioneer Point(2)
Wolf Mother, The(1)
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