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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 13–25 °C (55–77 °F)
- J2°-4°157
- F3°-4°109
- M6°-2°93
- A10°0°61
- M15°4°53
- J20°8°43
- J25°11°19
- A25°11°18
- S21°8°40
- O13°4°94
- N5°-2°171
- D1°-5°171
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 52 km · 32 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- South Cascade Crest (South Washington Cascades › Cascade Range; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 29 km SW of South Cle Elum (Kittitas County, Washington) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Washington
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- 958
- Operator (OSM)
- Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
- Route centre
- 46.8943, -121.3432
- Route start
- 46.9695, -121.1683
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 5255988
- Official info
- fs.usda.gov/recarea/okawen/recreation/hiking/rec
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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