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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 17–23 °C (63–73 °F)
- J-4°-13°25
- F-2°-13°25
- M2°-9°37
- A7°-6°51
- M12°-1°97
- J17°3°111
- J23°7°65
- A22°7°54
- S17°2°55
- O9°-3°44
- N0°-9°35
- D-5°-14°26
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
- Lava Mountain (mountain, 2,299 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Boulder Mountains (Rocky Mountains › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 17 km W of Clancy (Jefferson County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Montana
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 46.4435, -112.1994
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 centreForest Lake
2.9 mi · 4.6 km · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Basin Cataract
3.2 mi · 5.1 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Ten Mile Environmental
6 mi · 10 km · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Overland
6 mi · 10 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Rocker Creek
6 mi · 10 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Brooklyn Bridge
7 mi · 11 km · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
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