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Lower Herd Creek Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 12–24 °C (54–75 °F)
- J-2°-13°24
- F0°-12°19
- M3°-8°24
- A7°-5°24
- M12°0°36
- J19°5°36
- J24°10°21
- A24°9°19
- S19°5°17
- O12°-1°22
- N3°-9°25
- D-3°-14°32
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
- 4.0 km · 2.5 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- Bureau of Land Management
- Data from
- Bureau of Land Management
- Designation
- Null
- Mountain range
- Boulder Mountains (Rocky Mountains › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 42 km S of Challis (Custer County, Idaho) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Idaho
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 44.1285, -114.3110
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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