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9,000–11,700 ft · CO🚗 Directions
Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway corridor — Echo Lake, Chicago Creek, and the upper Bear Creek drainages on the Front Range's highest fourteener massif. Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir from 9,000 ft to treeline, with lodgepole and aspen lower in Chicago Creek. Prime king bolete and hawk's wing habitat above 10,000 ft once monsoon moisture arrives; ancient bristlecone stands near Mount Goliath. Echo Lake SNOTEL sits right on the byway at 10,600 ft. Idaho Springs is the base town.
Updated Oct 11, 5:18 AM MT
Precip 7d
Observed precipitation from PRISM 4km gridded analysis, sampled at the region centroid through 2026-10-09. Used when no SNOTEL/SCAN station is mapped to this region.0.00"
PRISM 4km · thru 10-09
Precip 14d
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0.52"
PRISM 4km · thru 10-09
Soil Temp
44°F
SWE
Snow Water Equivalent — how much water is in the snowpack vs. normal. Declining SWE means snowmelt is adding moisture to the soil.10%
Drought
None
Snowmelt
steady
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 58°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 55°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 55°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 50°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 55°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 60°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (44°F vs 55°F min, 0/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.22 — moisture sustained
Primordia readiness: Cold = mycelium dormant. Activating = soil warming, primordia building. Primed = 5+ sustained warm days at species threshold; fruiting imminent if moisture cooperates. Based on Schmidt 1983 / Mihail 2007.