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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jul–Aug · highs 17–17 °C (63–63 °F)
- J-8°-16°68
- F-7°-15°56
- M-3°-12°79
- A0°-9°94
- M5°-5°153
- J12°0°140
- J17°5°106
- A17°4°83
- S11°-1°80
- O3°-7°89
- N-4°-13°71
- D-9°-17°69
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
- 4.8 km · 3.0 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Clay Butte (mountain, 2,976 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Beartooth Mountains (Absaroka Range › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 37 km SW of Red Lodge (Carbon County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Shoshone National Forest
- Best months
- Jul–Aug
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Wyoming
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 44.9852, -109.6194
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.
Nearest trails
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1.3 mi · 2.1 km · Shoshone National Forest
Beartooth Cr Trail
1.5 mi · 2.4 km · Shoshone National Forest
Beauty Lake Trail
2.6 mi · 4.2 km · Shoshone National Forest
Granite Loop Trail
3.1 mi · 4.9 km · Shoshone National Forest
Farley Lake Loop
4.8 mi · 7.7 km · Custer Gallatin National Forest
Lost Lake Trail
5.1 mi · 8.2 km · Shoshone National Forest
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