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Pikes Peak Snow Melt
Barr Trail Snow Free Dates*
By Matt Carpenter
*The trail is passable before all the snow melts but don’t press it! The dates below represent
the first day you could ascend Pikes Peak via the Barr Trail without touching ANY snow.
2023 - July 18th
2022 - June 25th
2021 - June 19th
2020 - June 8th
2019 - July 12th
2018 - June 4th - Manitou Springs had water and fire restrictions
2017 - July 9th
2016 - July 5th
2015 - August 5th - May broke 1935 all-time, any-month, rain record = snow on Pikes Peak
2014 - June 28th
2013 - June 26th
2012 - May 31st - The forest fires about 3 weeks later closed the Barr Trail
2011 - June 28th
2010 - July 4th
2009 - July 19th
2008 - June 25th
2007 - July 12th
2006 - May 26th
2005 - June 29th
2004 - June 15th
2003 - July 7th
2002 - May 20th - The forest fires closed Pike National Forest, my tribute since a FS employee set it
2001 - July 3rd
2000 - June 13th
1999 - July 19th
1998 - July 4th
1997 - July 6th
Background
In late April of 1997, we got a record snowstorm that dumped a reported 5 feet of snow at Barr Camp. I got 2 feet in my driveway—what a workout!
I was thinking it would never melt but just two months later it was all but gone. This started my quest to track the Pikes Peak Barr Trail snow free date.
Mouseover to see snowmelt
exactly two months later!
May 1, 1997 at 9:00am
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