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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 13–19 °C (55–66 °F)
- J-7°-15°63
- F-5°-14°53
- M-1°-11°51
- A3°-8°59
- M9°-3°112
- J14°1°122
- J19°5°59
- A19°5°65
- S13°1°64
- O5°-5°58
- N-3°-12°65
- D-9°-17°63
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
- 5.1 km · 3.2 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Lake Mountain (mountain, 2,544 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Swan Range (Rocky Mountains › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 31 km NW of Lincoln (Lewis and Clark County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Lolo National Forest
- Connects to
- Lake Creek (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Montana
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 47.1629, -112.9616
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 centreLake Creek
2.6 mi · 4.1 km · Lolo National Forest
Mineral Hill
2.9 mi · 4.7 km · Lolo National Forest
Canyon Lake
3.4 mi · 5.5 km · Lolo National Forest
Falls-Canyon
3.6 mi · 5.7 km · Lolo National Forest
Bear Creek
4.0 mi · 6.4 km · Lolo National Forest
Mccabe Creek
4.1 mi · 6.6 km · Lolo National Forest
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