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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 10–22 °C (50–72 °F)
- J-5°-15°98
- F-3°-13°106
- M1°-9°109
- A9°-2°125
- M15°5°132
- J20°10°144
- J22°13°157
- A21°12°152
- S17°8°133
- O10°2°155
- N4°-3°148
- D-2°-11°132
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
- Mapped length
- 10 km · 6 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Pemigewasset Wilderness (White Mountains › Appalachian Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 10 km N of Waterville Valley (Grafton County, New Hampshire) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- White Mountain National Forest
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New Hampshire
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 44.0510, -71.4753
- Route start
- 44.0412, -71.5235
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 7953317
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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