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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 13–21 °C (55–70 °F)
- J2°-4°417
- F3°-4°298
- M5°-3°285
- A8°-2°212
- M13°2°171
- J16°5°138
- J21°8°52
- A21°8°54
- S18°6°123
- O11°2°273
- N4°-3°494
- D1°-5°420
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.
About this trail
The trail begins on Forest Road 8420 and climbs steeply to Big Creek and Cora Falls before reaching Cora Lake. Skirting the lake, it passes a junction with Teeley Creek Trail #251, enters a dense forest and climbs to its terminus on Forest Road 8440.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 3.9 km · 2.4 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 3.6 km · 2.2 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- South Washington Cascades (Cascade Range › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 33 km NE of Morton (Lewis County, Washington) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Gifford Pinchot National Forest
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Washington
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- 252
- Operator (OSM)
- USDA Forest Service
- Route centre
- 46.6865, -121.8912
- Route start
- 46.6952, -121.8866
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 13569836
- Wikidata
- Q110207238
- Official info
- fs.usda.gov/recarea/giffordpinchot/recreation/hi
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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