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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov · highs 14–27 °C (57–81 °F)
- J8°-2°94
- F10°0°105
- M14°3°108
- A19°7°94
- M22°12°99
- J26°16°116
- J28°18°114
- A27°18°113
- S24°14°109
- O19°9°77
- N14°4°92
- D9°-1°101
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
- 3.0 km · 1.9 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Great Balsam Mountains (Blue Ridge Mountains › Appalachian Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 2.9 km SW of Bent Creek (Buncombe County, North Carolina) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- National Forests in North Carolina
- Best months
- Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- North Carolina
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 35.4927, -82.6118
- Route start
- 35.4855, -82.6216
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 7226265
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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