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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 13–18 °C (55–64 °F)
- J-8°-15°61
- F-5°-14°42
- M0°-10°42
- A4°-5°49
- M9°-1°76
- J14°3°101
- J18°7°84
- A18°7°80
- S13°2°68
- O5°-6°52
- N-4°-13°65
- D-10°-17°56
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 (signed)
- 5.1 km · 3.2 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 5.1 km · 3.2 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Ball Range (Southern Continental Ranges › Canadian Rockies; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 22 km SE of Lake Louise (Improvement District No. 9, Alberta) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Banff National Park
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Live cam nearby
- Live Streaming - Rimrock Banff, EMBLEMS Collection (Rimrock Banff, 15 mi · 24 km away)
- Country
- Canada
- Region
- Alberta
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 51.2564, -116.0533
- Route start
- 51.2491, -116.0242
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 13624020
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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