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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 18–24 °C (64–75 °F)
- J-1°-9°66
- F1°-9°52
- M4°-6°46
- A8°-4°54
- M13°0°64
- J18°3°48
- J24°7°29
- A24°7°22
- S19°3°28
- O12°-1°45
- N3°-6°69
- D-2°-10°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
- Mapped length
- 5.7 km · 3.5 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Ochoco Mountains (Columbia Plateau › Intermountain West; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 38 km E of Prineville (Crook County, Oregon) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Ochoco National Forest
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Oregon
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- 808
- From / to
- Mother Lode Mine Trailhead
- Route centre
- 44.3297, -120.3558
- Route start
- 44.3399, -120.3592
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 13294554
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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