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Blue Lake Ridge Trail #271
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 13–24 °C (55–75 °F)
- J2°-3°320
- F4°-3°238
- M6°-2°226
- A8°-1°146
- M13°3°109
- J18°7°86
- J23°10°31
- A24°10°34
- S20°7°80
- O13°3°186
- N5°-2°358
- D1°-4°342
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
This 11.7 mile multiple use trail climbs steadily through conifer forests and has heavy use. A short section of the trail above Blue Lake is "Hiker Only" to minimize noise near the lake.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 12 km · 8 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 12 km · 8 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Goat Rocks (South Washington Cascades › Cascade Range; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 39 km N of Trout Lake (Klickitat County, Washington) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Gifford Pinchot National Forest
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Washington
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- 271
- Operator (OSM)
- U.S. Forest Service
- Route centre
- 46.3733, -121.6651
- Route start
- 46.3424, -121.6375
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 15652496
- 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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