Spot report
🇺🇸Salida / Monarch Crest, Colorado
updated 04:45 local · open-meteo
🚵 Mountain bike· alpine ridge trail · base: Salida
The Monarch Crest Trail along the Continental Divide is one of Colorado's most famous shuttle rides, with Salida's S-Mountain trails in town.
Heads up · Above 11,000 ft; lightning risk after noon
Wind
12 km/h
gusts 21 · from E
Water
flat
inland — lakes and rivers
Road
dry
dry at 1 °C — watch for black ice
Daylight
07:13 → 18:28
1 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
🪂
Paraglide
RIDEABLE12 km/h — launchable, ridge lift likely
Best windows this week
- Sat 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
10 km/h — launchable, ridge lift likely · 12 h
- Mon 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
11 km/h — launchable, ridge lift likely · 12 h
- Tue 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
10 km/h — launchable, ridge lift likely · 12 h
This week
Today
37 km/h
-5–3 °C · 5 mm · 3 cm snow
⛵Sailing
Thu
36 km/h
-7–1 °C · 2 mm
⛵Sailing
Fri
14 km/h
-8–9 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Sat
10 km/h
-3–11 °C
🧗Climb
Sun
12 km/h
-2–9 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Mon
12 km/h
-3–9 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Tue
15 km/h
-2–10 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
bars: daily max wind · best sport each day
Pack list
- No water temp inland → judge by air — 1 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- 1 °C → softshell over a mid-layer
- Daylight 07:13–18:28 → golden hour from 17:28
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