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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jul–Aug · highs 19–20 °C (66–68 °F)
- J-7°-16°78
- F-5°-15°66
- M-2°-12°66
- A2°-10°74
- M6°-6°88
- J13°-1°83
- J20°4°41
- A19°3°40
- S14°-1°45
- O6°-7°61
- N-3°-14°89
- D-8°-18°102
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
- 9.1 km · 5.7 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Pinyon Peak (mountain, 3,001 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- East Salmon River Mountains (Salmon River Mountains › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 55 km W of Challis (Custer County, Idaho) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Salmon-Challis National Forest
- Connects to
- Beaver-Trail Creek (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jul–Aug
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Idaho
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 44.5686, -114.9161
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
distance from the trail centreBlue Lake
2.5 mi · 4.1 km · Salmon-Challis National Forest
Beaver-Trail Creek
2.5 mi · 4.1 km · Salmon-Challis National Forest
Duffield Creek
3.1 mi · 5.0 km · Salmon-Challis National Forest
Deer Creek
3.3 mi · 5.3 km · Salmon-Challis National Forest
Bernard Creek
3.9 mi · 6.2 km · Salmon-Challis National Forest
Knapp-Loon Creek
4.3 mi · 6.9 km · Salmon-Challis National Forest
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