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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 15–21 °C (59–70 °F)
- J-5°-13°30
- F-3°-13°26
- M1°-10°39
- A4°-7°54
- M9°-3°95
- J16°2°84
- J21°6°60
- A20°6°49
- S15°1°49
- O7°-5°48
- N-1°-11°35
- D-6°-14°28
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
- 9.9 km · 6.2 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
- Central Absaroka Range (Absaroka Range › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 44 km NW of Cody (Park County, Wyoming) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Shoshone National Forest
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Wyoming
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 44.6929, -109.5539
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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