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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct · highs 12–23 °C (54–73 °F)
- J3°-5°115
- F5°-4°86
- M8°-1°100
- A12°0°92
- M17°4°101
- J23°9°104
- J28°13°38
- A28°13°39
- S23°8°52
- O15°3°74
- N6°-4°127
- D1°-7°112
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
- 10 km · 6 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
- South Clearwater Mountains (Clearwater Mountains › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 65 km SE of Kooskia (Idaho County, Idaho) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest
- Connects to
- Parallel, Sheep Drive Rdg. (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Idaho
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 45.8850, -115.2656
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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