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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Aug · highs 12–14 °C (54–57 °F)
- J-8°-13°65
- F-7°-12°58
- M-3°-10°49
- A1°-5°33
- M6°-1°37
- J12°5°48
- J14°8°90
- A13°7°137
- S8°3°134
- O1°-4°107
- N-5°-10°83
- D-7°-11°87
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
- Mapped length
- 4.4 km · 2.7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- McHugh Peak (mountain, 1,222 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Western Chugach Mountains (Chugach Mountains › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 20 km SE of Anchorage (Anchorage Municipality, Alaska) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Jun–Aug
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Alaska
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 61.0570, -149.6771
- Route start
- 61.0724, -149.6885
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17814255
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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