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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 16–21 °C (61–70 °F)
- J-6°-16°43
- F-4°-15°39
- M0°-11°36
- A4°-8°48
- M10°-4°71
- J16°1°74
- J21°6°39
- A21°5°38
- S16°1°38
- O8°-5°39
- N-2°-13°51
- D-7°-18°47
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
- 18 km · 11 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Gant Mountain (mountain, 2,517 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Bighorn Crags (East Salmon River Mountains › Salmon River Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 38 km W of Salmon (Lemhi County, Idaho) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Salmon-Challis National Forest
- Connects to
- Indian Creek (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Idaho
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 45.2409, -114.3571
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 centreRancherio
2.9 mi · 4.7 km · Salmon-Challis National Forest
Elkhorn
3.5 mi · 5.6 km · Salmon-Challis National Forest
Indian Creek
3.8 mi · 6.1 km · Salmon-Challis National Forest
Trail Creek
3.9 mi · 6.3 km · Salmon-Challis National Forest
Dead Horse
4.0 mi · 6.5 km · Salmon-Challis National Forest
Bighorn Crags
4.1 mi · 6.6 km · Salmon-Challis National Forest
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