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Bluff Creek/West Fork Big Peak
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 18–24 °C (64–75 °F)
- J-3°-12°104
- F-1°-11°81
- M2°-8°77
- A6°-5°62
- M11°-1°70
- J18°3°60
- J24°8°24
- A23°8°22
- S18°4°29
- O10°-2°60
- N1°-9°93
- D-3°-13°143
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 trail in Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho, United States of America, is about 11 km (7 mi) long. It is in the Smoky Mountains. It lies about 30 km west of Ketchum.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length
- 11 km · 7 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
- Smoky Mountains (Rocky Mountains › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 30 km W of Ketchum (Blaine County, Idaho) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Sawtooth National Forest
- Connects to
- Big Peak/East Fork Big Peak, Royal Gorge (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Idaho
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 43.6288, -114.7293
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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