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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 12–26 °C (54–79 °F)
- J0°-7°152
- F2°-7°116
- M5°-4°108
- A9°-2°95
- M15°2°109
- J20°7°113
- J25°11°46
- A26°11°50
- S20°6°69
- O12°1°104
- N3°-5°160
- D-1°-9°149
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
- 5.3 km · 3.3 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain range
- Northern Bitterroot Range (Bitterroot Range › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 40 km S of Superior (Mineral County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest
- Connects to
- Lake Creek 8 (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Idaho
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 46.8493, -115.0358
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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