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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 16–23 °C (61–73 °F)
- J-6°-16°16
- F-4°-15°17
- M1°-11°32
- A6°-7°52
- M12°-2°82
- J17°3°90
- J23°7°46
- A22°6°45
- S16°2°39
- O8°-4°41
- N-1°-11°25
- D-7°-16°18
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
- 4.3 km · 2.7 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
- Tobacco Root Mountains (Rocky Mountains › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 13 km N of Virginia City (Madison County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Montana
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 45.4108, -111.9728
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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