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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 13–26 °C (55–79 °F)
- J8°-2°166
- F9°-1°196
- M13°2°179
- A17°6°155
- M21°10°153
- J25°15°180
- J26°17°192
- A26°17°184
- S23°13°160
- O18°8°130
- N13°4°156
- D9°0°196
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
- Mapped length
- 2.1 km · 1.3 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- South North Carolina Blue Ridge Crest (Southern Blue Ridge Front › Blue Ridge Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 12 km S of Rosman (Transylvania County, North Carolina) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Mar–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- South Carolina
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- Palmetto Conservation Foundation
- Route centre
- 35.0428, -82.7839
- Route start
- 35.0455, -82.7803
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 9838074
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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