Mount Belford
Location: Chaffee County, CO, US
Elevation: 14,200 feet
2 recorded summits
Current Conditions
Weather: Clear sky
Temperature: 16°F
Wind: 32 mph
Humidity: 96%
7-Day Summit Window
Best day: 2026-04-04 (score: 77/100)
- 2026-04-02: Marginal (55/100) - Clear skies, strong winds, cold
- 2026-04-03: Poor (39/100) - Overcast, strong winds, extreme cold
- 2026-04-04: Good (77/100) - Clear skies, calm winds, cold
- 2026-04-05: Good (77/100) - Clear skies, calm winds, cold
- 2026-04-06: Good (77/100) - Clear skies, calm winds, cold
- 2026-04-07: Poor (35/100) - Chance of snow, breezy, cold
- 2026-04-08: Good (67/100) - Partly cloudy, breezy, cold
Avalanche Forecast - CAIC zone
- Alpine: Low
- Treeline: Low
- Below Treeline: Low
<p>Newly fallen snow will rest on bare ground or a thin, patchy snowpack on most slopes. If you can find a steep, previously snow-covered slope, you might be able to push a small avalanche, but these features are rare in the landscape.</p>
Air Quality
AQI: 5 (Good)
Snow Conditions
Trend: decreasing
- Brumley: 8" depth, 1" SWE
- Independence Pass: 21" depth, 5.9" SWE
- Park Cone: N/A, 3" SWE
Stream Flow
- ARKANSAS RIVER AT GRANITE, CO.: flood (465 cfs)
- ARKANSAS RIVER BELOW GRANITE, CO: normal (181 cfs)
- TEXAS CREEK AT TAYLOR PARK, CO: flood (27.6 cfs)
Public Lands
- San Isabel National Forest (NF, USFS)
Part of 2 Challenges
Recent Summits
- 6/25/2023
- 6/25/2023