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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jul–Aug · highs 20–20 °C (68–68 °F)
- J-7°-17°85
- F-4°-15°71
- M-1°-12°77
- A2°-9°97
- M8°-6°122
- J14°0°119
- J20°4°59
- A20°4°53
- S14°-1°59
- O6°-6°75
- N-3°-14°99
- D-8°-19°90
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
- 24 km · 15 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Cottonwood Butte (mountain, 2,841 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Central Salmon River Mountains (Salmon River Mountains › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 75 km W of Salmon (Lemhi County, Idaho) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Salmon-Challis National Forest
- Connects to
- Coyote Spring/Cow Creek, Farrow Mountain (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jul–Aug
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Idaho
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 45.2380, -114.8269
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
distance from the trail centreStoddard
3.5 mi · 5.6 km · Salmon-Challis National Forest
Cold Mountain Ridge
3.6 mi · 5.8 km · Payette National Forest
Farrow Mountain
4.6 mi · 7.3 km · Payette National Forest
Coyote Spring/Cow Creek
5.9 mi · 9.4 km · Payette National Forest
Nolan Pt.
6.1 mi · 9.8 km · Salmon-Challis National Forest
Goat Creek (Wilderness)
6 mi · 10 km · Payette National Forest
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