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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 14–20 °C (57–68 °F)
- J-5°-14°20
- F-4°-14°17
- M0°-11°36
- A5°-7°56
- M10°-2°110
- J15°3°126
- J20°7°90
- A20°7°68
- S14°2°50
- O6°-4°40
- N-2°-10°22
- D-6°-15°24
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
- 12 km · 8 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Old Baldy (mountain, 2,643 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Big Snowy Mountains (Rocky Mountains › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 39 km S of Lewistown (Fergus County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
- Connects to
- Maynard Ridge (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Montana
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 46.7267, -109.2799
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreMaynard Ridge
2.9 mi · 4.7 km · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Bad Canyon
3.0 mi · 4.9 km · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Uhlhorn
4.0 mi · 6.4 km · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Swimming Woman
4.1 mi · 6.6 km · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Southside
4.6 mi · 7.4 km · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
East Fork Cottonwood Creek
8 mi · 13 km · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
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