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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 14–20 °C (57–68 °F)
- J-5°-16°31
- F-4°-15°31
- M0°-12°48
- A4°-8°62
- M10°-3°119
- J15°1°137
- J20°5°79
- A20°5°67
- S14°0°63
- O7°-5°50
- N-2°-11°43
- D-6°-17°33
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
- 6.6 km · 4.1 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Designation
- Continental Divide
- Mountain
- Thunderbolt Mountain (mountain, 2,614 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Boulder Mountains (Rocky Mountains › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 24 km E of Deer Lodge (Powell County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Connects to
- L.O. Connection (National Scenic Trail: Continental Divide), South Fork Red Rock (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Montana
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 46.3225, -112.4457
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 centreThunderbolt Creek
1.4 mi · 2.2 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
L.O. Connection
1.7 mi · 2.7 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
South Fork Red Rock
1.7 mi · 2.8 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Cdnst
2.0 mi · 3.2 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Thunderbolt Mountain
2.2 mi · 3.5 km · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Red Rock Creek
3.0 mi · 4.8 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
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