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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Nov · highs 10–24 °C (50–75 °F)
- J4°-5°120
- F6°-4°123
- M10°0°137
- A15°4°137
- M18°9°131
- J22°13°138
- J24°15°166
- A23°15°148
- S20°11°119
- O15°6°81
- N10°1°105
- D5°-3°123
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
- 2.4 km · 1.5 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Blue Ridge Mountains (Appalachian Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- At Banner Elk (Avery County, North Carolina) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- National Forests in North Carolina
- Best months
- Apr–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- North Carolina
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 36.1595, -81.8673
- Route start
- 36.1646, -81.8662
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 16554546
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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