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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 15–21 °C (59–70 °F)
- J-4°-11°84
- F-2°-11°73
- M2°-8°72
- A5°-4°80
- M10°-1°122
- J16°4°144
- J21°8°76
- A21°8°76
- S15°3°80
- O8°-3°74
- N-1°-9°92
- D-6°-13°89
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
- 19 km · 12 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Helen Mountain (mountain, 2,447 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Flathead Range (Rocky Mountains › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 65 km N of Seeley Lake (Missoula County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Flathead National Forest
- Connects to
- Hodag Ridge, Rambler Creek (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Montana
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 47.7339, -113.2846
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 centreHodag Ridge
1.4 mi · 2.2 km · Flathead National Forest
Helen Cr.
3.1 mi · 5.1 km · Flathead National Forest
Black Bear Bridge Ford
4.1 mi · 6.6 km · Flathead National Forest
White River
4.3 mi · 6.9 km · Flathead National Forest
Rambler Creek
4.5 mi · 7.2 km · Flathead National Forest
West Fork Wall Crk
5.4 mi · 8.7 km · Flathead National Forest
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