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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 11–21 °C (52–70 °F)
- J-4°-11°121
- F-2°-10°105
- M1°-7°96
- A5°-4°81
- M11°0°115
- J17°5°142
- J21°9°75
- A21°8°65
- S15°4°83
- O8°-1°89
- N-1°-7°124
- D-5°-12°122
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
- 15 km · 9 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Designation
- Continental Divide
- Mountain
- Elkcalf Mountain (mountain, 2,307 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Rocky Mountain Front (Rocky Mountains › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 32 km W of Heart Butte (Pondera County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Montana
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 48.2951, -113.2655
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 · 2.0 km · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
East Skyland
2.8 mi · 4.5 km · Flathead National Forest
Mt Pablo
2.8 mi · 4.5 km · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Summit Th Connector
3.2 mi · 5.1 km · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Summit Campground Cutoff
3.2 mi · 5.1 km · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
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