This is a class hike for team B3 ACS students 2026

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Weather and Conditions on Trip Day

• NOAA Point Forecast: 4 Miles NNE Kokomo CO, 39.44°N 106.17°W (Elev. 10715 ft)
• NOAA Hourly Forecast
• • SpotWX Forecast for 39.41419, -106.14850 (Elev. 11,507 ft)
  • 10-Day Forecast: 10°F at 6 a.m., rapidly warming to 30°F by 9 a.m. and a high of 45 at 3 p.m. Light winds. No precipitation likely. 
  • MountainForecast for nearby Fletcher Mountain (Elev. 13,950 ft.) 
  • Base: 
  • Max / Min / Chill for AM: 37° / 30° / 25° | Winds: 5 mph
  • Max / Min / Chill for PM: 39° / 37° / 30° | Winds: 15 mph
  • Peak:
  • Max / Min / Chill for AM: 28° / 21° / 10° | Winds: 10 mph
  • Max / Min / Chill for PM: 28° / 27° / 16° | Winds: 20 mph
  
  

  Avalanche Forecast
  
  

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• Navigation Route and Details: 

  • Length: Approximately 5.4 miles
  • Elevation gain: 2,900 ft
  1. Starting elevation: 10,991 ft  
  2. Highest Elevation: 13,841 ft
• Maps

1. AllTrails
2. CalTopo

Meeting Place & Transportation

• Meeting Place: Wooly Mammoth Park-N-Ride, Golden, CO @ 5 AM
• Address: 18560 US-40, Golden, CO 80401 | Link to location
• Meet in Section AA (South end of lot, across from the Exxon Station - Open 24hrs, bathroom if needed)
• Departure: 5:05 AM
• Estimated Drive Time to Trailhead: 1 hour 10 minutes
• Drivers: See the yellow-highlighted names in “The Team” table below
• Directions to Wooly Mammoth Park-n-Ride from I-70 W:
• Exit 259 toward Jefferson Cnty 93/Morrison.  Right at end of the ramp.  Left at the next light onto Rte 40.  Park and Ride is approx ½ mile on the left. 

Trailhead

• Mayflower Gulch Trail
• GPS Directions from Wooly Mammoth: Google Maps | Apple Maps
• Directions to Mayflower Gulch Trail from Wooly Mammoth: 
• Get on I-70 W.  Take exit 195 for CO-91 S toward Copper Mountain/Leadville. Continue onto CO-91 S. Trailhead will be about six miles down on the left, across from the Mayflower Tailings Pond.