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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Aug · highs 14–20 °C (57–68 °F)
- J-7°-16°68
- F-5°-15°55
- M-2°-12°74
- A2°-9°86
- M7°-5°132
- J14°0°145
- J20°5°82
- A19°5°78
- S13°0°76
- O5°-7°80
- N-3°-14°70
- D-8°-17°74
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
- 2.6 km · 1.6 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Nearest town
- 18 km E of Big Sky (Gallatin County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Custer Gallatin National Forest
- Connects to
- Golden Trout Lakes (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Aug
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Montana
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 45.2481, -111.1508
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.