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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct · highs 15–25 °C (59–77 °F)
- J5°-4°30
- F7°-3°22
- M11°-1°27
- A15°2°29
- M20°6°37
- J24°10°26
- J30°14°14
- A30°14°13
- S25°10°12
- O18°5°22
- N9°0°31
- D4°-5°32
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
- 14 km · 9 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain range
- Aldrich Mountains (Columbia Plateau › Intermountain West; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 37 km W of Mount Vernon (Grant County, Oregon) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Ochoco National Forest
- Connects to
- Payten (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Oregon
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 44.3410, -119.6286
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
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1.6 mi · 2.6 km · Ochoco National Forest
Payten
1.7 mi · 2.7 km · Ochoco National Forest
South Prong
1.9 mi · 3.1 km · Ochoco National Forest
Ochoco Mountain
4.2 mi · 6.8 km · Ochoco National Forest
Mascall Corral
8 mi · 13 km · Ochoco National Forest
Blue Basin Loop Hike
17 mi · 28 km · John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
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