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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 13–20 °C (55–68 °F)
- J-9°-15°51
- F-6°-13°49
- M0°-9°30
- A6°-4°31
- M14°3°35
- J19°9°46
- J20°12°80
- A18°10°139
- S13°5°152
- O4°-3°109
- N-5°-12°69
- D-8°-14°64
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
- 2.7 km · 1.7 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Department of Parks and Outdoor Recreation
- Lake
- East Butterfly Lake (GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 12 km NW of Big Lake (Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Alaska
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 61.6130, -150.0711
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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