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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 11–26 °C (52–79 °F)
- J0°-6°142
- F3°-5°101
- M6°-2°110
- A11°1°82
- M17°5°92
- J21°9°90
- J26°13°43
- A26°13°37
- S21°9°58
- O13°4°108
- N4°-2°167
- D-1°-6°151
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
- 17 km · 10 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Designation
- National Recreation Trail
- Mountain range
- Coeur D'Alene Mountains (Bitterroot Range › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 27 km S of Clark Fork (Bonner County, Idaho) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Idaho Panhandle National Forests
- Connects to
- Devil Peak, Ermine Ridge (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Idaho
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 47.9034, -116.2761
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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