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Bear Island Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Jul · highs 14–16 °C (57–61 °F)
- J-1°-4°348
- F0°-4°275
- M2°-3°280
- A5°1°203
- M10°4°187
- J14°9°152
- J16°11°192
- A16°11°344
- S13°9°559
- O7°4°588
- N2°-2°405
- D1°-3°398
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
- Length
- 3.5 km · 2.2 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Park or forest
- Glacier Bay National Preserve
- Connects to
- Main Trail East (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Jul
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Alaska
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 59.1163, -138.4302
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.