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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Aug · highs 12–19 °C (54–66 °F)
- J-18°-23°28
- F-15°-21°21
- M-9°-17°14
- A1°-7°17
- M12°2°37
- J18°10°78
- J19°12°115
- A16°8°109
- S9°2°64
- O-3°-9°39
- N-14°-19°32
- D-16°-22°26
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
- 12 km · 8 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- Bureau of Land Management
- Data from
- Bureau of Land Management
- Mountain range
- White Mountains (Yukon-Tanana Uplands › Alaska Intermountain Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 54 km N of Farmers Loop (Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Fossil Gap Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Aug
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Alaska
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 65.3956, -147.7480
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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