PathQuest

Mount Yale

Location: Chaffee County, CO, US

Elevation: 14,196 feet

3 recorded summits

Current Conditions

Weather: Overcast

Temperature: 17°F

Wind: 37 mph

Humidity: 94%

7-Day Summit Window

Best day: 2026-04-04 (score: 77/100)

  • 2026-04-02: Marginal (55/100) - Partly cloudy, strong winds, cold
  • 2026-04-03: Poor (39/100) - Partly cloudy, 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: Good (69/100) - Overcast, calm winds, cold
  • 2026-04-08: Good (72/100) - Clear skies, 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: stable

  • Saint Elmo: 6" depth, 0.9" SWE
  • Park Cone: N/A, 3" SWE
  • Rough And Tumble: 0" depth, 0.5" SWE

Stream Flow

  • ARKANSAS RIVER BELOW GRANITE, CO: normal (181 cfs)
  • TEXAS CREEK AT TAYLOR PARK, CO: flood (27.6 cfs)
  • WILLOW CREEK ABOVE TAYLOR PARK RESERVOIR, CO.: flood (17.2 cfs)

Public Lands

Part of 2 Challenges

Recent Summits

  • 7/20/2025
  • 7/20/2024
  • 8/6/2023