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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 14–22 °C (57–72 °F)
- J4°-6°143
- F6°-4°161
- M10°-1°159
- A14°2°139
- M17°7°142
- J21°11°161
- J22°13°159
- A22°13°155
- S19°10°148
- O15°5°112
- N10°0°136
- D5°-4°163
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
- 7.9 km · 4.9 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
- Great Balsam Mountains (Blue Ridge Mountains › Appalachian Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 17 km SE of Hazelwood (Haywood County, North Carolina) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- National Forests in North Carolina
- Connects to
- Ivestor Gap (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- North Carolina
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 35.3533, -82.8754
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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